Salman Rushdie Quotes
The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.
Quotes to Explore
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I'm curvy.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
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The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.
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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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It's hard for me to generalize about kids and divorce. I think every family's experience is different; some kids are devastated by it, others relieved, and so forth, no matter what generation they're from.
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Just for the record, I personally do agree with some of the sentiments of Rabbi Meir Kahane. I think he was right about certain things, wrong about other things, but I have absolutely nothing, no association whatsoever with Kahane Chai leaders.
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I wish I had a little more joy of cooking - because mostly I have anxiety of cooking. I'm so proud when things come out well.
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I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?
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Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.
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An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.
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I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.
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The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.
