Salman Rushdie Quotes
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
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My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.
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Going to college helped me, because I had four years in the conservatory program, which is close as you can get to a professional environment. It's like all day.
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Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.
