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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but the need to believe in another. You've got it: Love.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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