Salman Rushdie Quotes
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.
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To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.
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A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
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It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.
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Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
