Salman Rushdie Quotes
I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Cuban Americans have little in common with immigrants from Mexico and Central America, and often their priorities don't align. If it seems like Cuban Americans don't have to play by the same rules as everyone else, that's probably because they don't.
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When you are in a small rural place with cold weather and a lot of granite, you need people who are going to work hard, and you really stop worrying about what gender they are.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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I want to make people laugh.
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People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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'They would say,' he answered, 'that you do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love because you never attempted obedience.'
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
