Salman Rushdie Quotes
You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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Christians are being systematically exterminated.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.
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Federer said something interesting once. He said that he was watching Rod Laver, and me, and he said he was trying to copy us and to be like us. And that’s a great compliment for us.
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I didn't particularly want to go to Westminster - not that there were many seats available or chances for women to get elected. In 1987, Labour sent down 50 MPs, and only one of them was a woman.
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Dying is not a crime.
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You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
