Salman Rushdie Quotes
A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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It's not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor in chief. It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
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I've always received a lot of support from my family, particularly for my pursuits as an actor. I'm very lucky.
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The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.
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As soon as you put something to bed like the 'Women' book, you're never finished. There were portraits of people that I wanted to photograph - it's an endless subject.
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It's amazing how I'm able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it's me but since I'm on a bike, they think, "No, it's not her." And by the time they realize it's me, I'm already gone.
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A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
