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One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.
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Of course, there is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don't prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn't prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people.
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Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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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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