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We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the world we live in.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor.
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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