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Speak Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.
- Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to…
- Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
- How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for its illusion of…
- Everest silences you...when you come down, nothing seems worth saying, nothing at all. You find the nothingness wrapping you up, like a sound. Non-being. You…
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- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. — Jane Austen
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak… — Francis Bacon
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
- I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak. — Stephen Baldwin
- It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. — Arthur Balfour
- Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we… — J. G. Ballard
- I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed. — Brigitte Bardot
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim