Salman Rushdie Quotes
There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this. And this is true about novels, it’s true about cartoons, it’s true about all these products.
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I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.
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Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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We all contribute to The National, and it's like a familiar family. Matt is dad, Brian's like the dark horse uncle, Scott's the long-suffering mum, and Aaron and I are the bratty twins.
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'Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,'On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;'To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!'Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!'
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There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this. And this is true about novels, it’s true about cartoons, it’s true about all these products.
