Salman Rushdie Quotes
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism.
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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?
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I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.
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I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.
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Anything that's any good is self-perpetuating.
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The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.
