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 -
I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
Kate McKinnon -
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
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 -
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
Dan Fogler -
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
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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 -
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
Oswald Chambers -
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 -
The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
Sam Heughan -
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 -
My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
Nancy Pelosi
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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 -
I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
Valorie Curry -
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
Manuel Puig -
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
Vicente del Bosque -
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
Ed Gillespie -
I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
Washed Out
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Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson -
The hardest things in the world are being unique and having your life be a story. In the old days, it was much easier, but our modern fame-driven culture, with its real-time 24-7 marinade of electronic information, demands a lot from modern citizens, and poses great obstacles to narrative.
Douglas Coupland -
Remarks by the President at the Dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (24 September 2016)
Barack Obama -
One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness and calloused sacrifices of others, became in power a system whose selfishness and callousness toward others made the sins of capitalism pale.
Thomas Sowell -
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