"In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what……" — Salman Rushdie
"In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions."
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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 Exception Quotes
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
— Jane Addams
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Science does not permit exceptions.
— Claude Bernard
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To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that…
— David Bowie
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Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money…
— Eli Broad
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There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting…
— Bill Bryson
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Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception…
— Julie Burchill
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The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove…
— Martin Van Buren
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Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous…
— William S. Burroughs
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
— Robert Burton
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My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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