Salman Rushdie Quotes
If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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I can do whatever I want.
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I find the business world hard.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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5-Hour Energy is not an energy drink, it's a focus drink. But we can't say that. The FDA doesn't like the word 'focus.' I have no idea why.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.
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I named my album 'So Uncool' because it defies the ordinary: you're different from everyone else. It's like, being uncool makes you cool because you're different!
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Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.
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I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
