Salman Rushdie Quotes

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

Salman Rushdie

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• When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.

  

  Jack Reynor
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• I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.

  

  Kate McKinnon
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• We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.

  

  Wallace Stevens
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• The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

  

  Foster Friess
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• The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.

  

  C. Everett Koop
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• I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Up
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• During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Work
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• Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.

  

  Larry Brown
  • School
  • Kids
  • Worship

• I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Think
  • Sex
  • Same

• How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.

  

  Nate Mendel Foo Fighters
  • Man
  • Simple
  • Band

• You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Done
  • Earth

• Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Love
  • Story
  • Young

• But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

  

  Talcott Parsons
  • Person
  • Theory
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• My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Husband
  • Enjoy
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• World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.

  

  Lane Evans
  • Time
  • World
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• I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.

  

  Valorie Curry
  • Love
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• Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Born
  • Generation
  • Decade

• Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

  

  Chris Klein
  • Good
  • Opportunity
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• Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.

  

  Marlee Matlin
  • Good
  • Different

• I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Snake
  • Bought
  • Wedges

• I'm all for Hillary Clinton. I want her to avoid the barbs of women who hate women who work. But I'm known as a Republican in Washington. I'm probably the last person she'd call.

  

  Letitia Baldrige
  • Work
  • Women
  • She

• May you find INSPIRATION in the big picture, but may you find LOVE in the details.

  

  Adrienne Maloof
  • Love
  • Picture
  • Inspiration

• I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Good
  • School