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Said Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of…
- It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes…
- It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten…
- Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly,…
- If love is a yearning to be like (even to become) the beloved, then hatred, it must be said, can be engendered by the same…
- Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to it, and the…
- No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.
- Khattam-Shud,' he said slowly, 'is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, even of language itself. He is the Prince of Silence and the Foe of Speech.…
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