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The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From there we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities.
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Life is elsewhere. Cross frontiers. Fly away.
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