"One of the reasons my name is Rushdie……" — Salman Rushdie
"One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
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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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When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of…
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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my…
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what…
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I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade…
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I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
— E E Cummings
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Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Haters are just confused admirers.
— Justin Bieber
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Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!
— Constantin Stanislavski
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The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he…
— Angus Wilson
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Like her friend and admirer Clarice Lispector, Hilda Hilst was a passionate explorer of the sacred and the profane, the…
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I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly…
— Flannery O'Connor
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