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I did a lot of student acting when I was young.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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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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If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
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You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
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Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.
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You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end.
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An iceberg is water striving to be land a mountain, especially a Himalaya, especially Everest, is land's attempt to metamorphose into sky it is grounded in flight, the earth mutated--nearly--into air, and become, in the true sense, exalted. Long before she ever encountered the mountain, Allie was aware of its brooding presence in her soul.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
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