"Why obliterate the exceptional merely in order to……" — Salman Rushdie
"Why obliterate the exceptional merely in order to make the outstanding look finer than it was?"
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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 Exceptional Quotes
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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
— Giorgio Armani
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the…
— Sophia Bush
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There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within…
— Ron Ben-Israel
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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is…
— Aberjhani
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Recently I reviewed the history of many missionaries and found a powerful correlation between exceptional missionaries and mothers who chose…
— Richard G. Scott
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He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by…
— Leo Tolstoy
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We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for…
— John Donne
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Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents,…
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
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Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations,…
— Benoit Mandelbrot
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[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a…
— Rene Descartes
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Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favored by exceptional circumstances.
— Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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