Salman Rushdie Quotes
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My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Anti-inflammatories always seemed to work well for my joints, but the problem was you couldn't take them all the time.
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Let us have peace.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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I'm at the transition place myself, still playing high school girls but moving to a stage when I'm playing older roles and going to the places of stillness and wisdom and knowledge and weight. It's exciting and scary.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately want to raise the bar of dumb just a tiny bit.
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
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I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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'Dirt Road Diaries,' in my mind, is a perfect country guy song. It speaks to the hard-working guy, and I'm excited for the fans to hear that one.
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I love doing stunts. It's so much fun.
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He scowled at me."You aren't any fun." "Party pooper extraordinaire,that's me.
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I can't stand the short story form, which, after all, is a magazine form.
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I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.
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Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.
