Salman Rushdie Quotes

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.

Salman Rushdie

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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.

J. G. Ballard
- City
- Race
- Meetings
Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.

Ma Jun
- Good
- Long
- Health
I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.

Tamron Hall
- Time
- God
- Day
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

H. G. Wells
- Time
- Future
- Funny
In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

Narendra Modi
I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.

Pardis Sabeti
- Life
- America
- Spirit