Salman Rushdie Quotes
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
Quotes to Explore
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I love so many styles of music.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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Now that I work as a professional model, I advise people to stay away from any television shows. It's a waste of your time; it's just entertainment. It's not the fashion that we now know.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields.
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Rock n' roll is a pretty fun job.
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Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic?
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We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year.
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Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
