"The lessons one learns at school are not……" — Salman Rushdie
"The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching."
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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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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where…
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the…
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Everybody learns from traveling. I think we all do.
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Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or…
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Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value…
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He who laughs most, learns best.
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How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration,…
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