Salman Rushdie Quotes
Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.
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These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports.
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If you do Bikram Yoga, you exercise your body 100 percent.
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I am excited to run in the community where my wife and I work, where my daughters graduated and my son attends high school, where my family goes to synagogue, and where I have spent so much time working for and with the people of South Florida.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is okay, to speak out.
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Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
