"A purpose of our lives is to broaden……" — Salman Rushdie
"A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
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More Broaden Quotes
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under…
— Marcus Aurelius
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You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more…
— Ethel Barrymore
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My father was an expert hunter, so we ate a lot of wild game when I was growing up in…
— Steve Albini
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Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Human rights without responsibility, without a sense of decency, a sense of compassion, is not good enough for a society…
— Tu Weiming
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One of the most important tasks is to broaden the energy supply ... Energy determines today international security and social…
— Vladimir Putin
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When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other…
— Colin Powell
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Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.
— Robert Redford
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If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what…
— Miranda Otto
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Here I am, back in Mecca. I am still traveling, trying to broaden my mind, for I've seen too much…
— Malcolm X
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Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves-and…
— Judith Viorst
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