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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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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But love is what we want, not freedom. Who then is the unluckier man? The beloved, who is given his heart's desire and must for ever after fear its loss, or the free man, with his unlooked-for liberty, naked and alone between the captive armies of the earth?
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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
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If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.
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Ignorantly is how we all fall in love for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft but still, without that leap nobody comes to life.
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Realism can break a writer's heart.
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
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I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life.
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I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.
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