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I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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I would argue that religion comes from a desire to get to the questions of, 'Where do we come from?' and 'How shall we live?' And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions.
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I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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Bread and books: food for the body and food for the soul - what could be more worthy of our respect, and even love?
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded, shriven. What is expected of you is attention.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.
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