Salman Rushdie Quotes

Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 19, 1947

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I'm not one of those celebrities that will just put my name on something and expect to get a check.

Joey Kramer

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You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

Maurice Greene

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I went to L.A. to become an actress, and I started from the ground up. I worked as an extra, and then I started taking this joke-writing class because it was free. I didn't want to be a comedian, but I was like, 'Free education? Yeah, I'll take a class.'

Anjelah Johnson

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In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities.

Spencer Bachus

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I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.

Sojourner Truth

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A lot of times, the inspiration for a novel is a messy bird's nest of shiny things. Little things that don't make a whole lot of sense or that, no matter how hard you look, cannot be found directly in the finished book.

Molly O'Keefe

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The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.

Lucian Freud

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I have issues with anyone who tries to claim that science is unworkable - creationists who deny evidence for past history, yet are happy to benefit from the products of the methodology that they otherwise deny.

Liz Williams

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I would love to be a pop star!

JoJo Siwa

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Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.

Dean Ornish

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I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment.

Bob Parsons

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One should mature over 20 years.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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