"We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever……" — Salman Rushdie
"We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny."
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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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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
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I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy…
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I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.
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As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You…
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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and…
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing…
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My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me…
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Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it…
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Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
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In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
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