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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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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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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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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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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If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.
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Any time you're lucky enough to get on a show people watch, it's a good thing.
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No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse.
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For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.
