Salman Rushdie Quotes
Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?
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The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
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Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.
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It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name.
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Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
