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Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
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The west was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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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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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I for one don't need a supreme sacred arbiter in order to be a moral being.
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I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.
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It is commonly and, I believe, accurately said of Pakistan that her women are much more impressive than her men.
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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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Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The Blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
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My love for Dan Brown knows no bounds. It literally has no mass.
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You never know the answers to the questions of life until you are asked.
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I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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