Salman Rushdie Quotes
The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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Broadway is really my life.
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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I feel like I am doing a lot, but if someone asks me what exactly I have accomplished, I don't know... putting my son to sleep, feeding him, taking care of things in the house amount to a lot of work. But, yes, I haven't arrested 14 criminals in one day or saved the world or anything of that sort!
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day that you would on a big, luxurious budget on a luxurious schedule, and you try not to sacrifice quality for that. Things are just compressed, but essentially the same.
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Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They're not all resisting and accepting the [Donald] Trump - the fact that he could very well win the nomination.
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I'm always reading a novel. If it's good, I remember why I love my job.
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I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.
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When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.
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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
