Salman Rushdie Quotes
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
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We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.
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I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end too...they always do. Even if you can't always believe that , please don't give up. Live.
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“If I’d married,” she said softly, “I would never know what I was capable of doing. It turns out that when you take away my kid gloves and my morning dresses, I can do quite a bit. This may sound ridiculous, but I’m proud of myself.
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I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.
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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.
