"There needs to be a thorough examination, by……" — Salman Rushdie
"There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds so many violent mutant strains."
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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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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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Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to…
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
— William Blake
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter,…
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;…
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so…
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
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