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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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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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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When I was a kid, my grandfather used to watch Bollywood films. There's a lot of colour and vibrancy to the Indian films.
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Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action.
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'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.
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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
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What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.
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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.
