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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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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The one thing a person wants in life is usually something basic that money can't buy.
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My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.
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God's revelation has always been in deeds. God's interventions in history have always been in deeds, in actions. Then there are those who interpret the actions, and then there are those who write down the interpretations of the actions.
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The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable.
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The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.
