Salman Rushdie Quotes
Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
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Accomplish something every day of your life.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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It's ridiculous to imagine you can stay young forever and live forever. It's taking away from young people. There's a beauty and respect in age. Magazines and media are disrespectful of age.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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So the HP guy comes up to me (at the Melbourne conference) and he says, 'If you say nasty things like that to vendors you're not going to get anything'. I said, 'No, in eight years of saying nothing, we've got nothing, and I'm going to start saying nasty things, in the hope that some of these vendors will start giving me money so I'll shut up'.
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Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
