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Salman Rushdie Quotes

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

World Book Ignore You Own Return

I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.

Faith Think President Real Sincere

A great leader should make it clear to her team members that as a matter of culture, her job is to replace herself. A new hire should know from the outset that she will ultimately have to bring in new talent to replace herself so that she can personally better herself and achieve loftier goals.

Goals Leader Great Culture Job Team

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Anna Deavere Smith

Moment Upside Down Possibilities Down

I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when you're depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things.

Life Change My Life You Place Got

I can't tell you how many times I've been writing an article only to get distracted by an email notification, either on my laptop or smartphone.

Writing You Email Tell Get Been

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

Work Hard Work Depression Compassion

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

Father Honesty Time Important Being

I pretty much spend most of my time in the gym bulking up and staying fit and putting muscle on so I can play the part of Luke Cage, but I've never been a gym rat.

Time Gym I Can Play Never Muscle

The first things I did was I was a writer, painter, and photographer, and we grew up very poor, so even though I could get into any college I wanted, there was no way to pay for it.

College Way Poor Photographer First

I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up.

Growing Up Comedy Friends Know Big

My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine.

Style Sitting Write First Pencil

Empowering innovations transform something that is complicated and expensive into something that is so much more simple and affordable that a much larger population can enjoy it.

Clayton M. Christensen

Simple Enjoy Complicated More Much

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