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Only the foolish, blinded by language's conventions, think of fire as red or gold. Fire is blue at it's melancholy rim, green in it's envious heart. It may burn white, or even, in it's greatest rages, black.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Bombay
Rushdie
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Fire
Burn
White
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Rages
Black
Red
Rims
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Green
Blinded
Even
Blue
Envious
Heart
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Conventions
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Greatest
Melancholy

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