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Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.
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