Salman Rushdie Quotes

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryHumanPurityHuman Beings

I'm constantly out of my mind trying to stay in shape.

Jimmy Chin

MindTryingOutShapeStay

Major global institutions need to harvest clean tech knowledge wherever it can be found and integrate it into their major export systems.

Jens Martin Skibsted

KnowledgeHarvestCleanNeedGlobal

Eros is everywhere. It is what binds.

John Updike

EverywhereBindsEros

Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

Joni Mitchell

SuccessCommunityFeelMoreStarted

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

Chris Zylka

WorkCharacterMeYouBackMentor

I don't think I could ever really be with a woman because that's a lot of... Yeah, there's a lot of estrogen and I'm a lot to deal with when it's that time of the month, so I can't imagine it times two.

Christina Aguilera

TimeWomanThinkTwoMonthImagine

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

Ava DuVernay

CultureYourselfDoingEasyYou

There are some people who walk into a room and they oxygenate it, by their very being there's fresh air. Then there are those who come in with the smell of death and they suck the life out.

Peter Mullan

LifeWalkDeathPeopleFresh Air

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

Richard Sherman

FootballGivingSpeechTrue

The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.

Ryan Phillippe

PeopleJust BecauseUnderstandMean

People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.

Munshi Premchand

PeopleSelfishHelpYouTurnWho

I'm not trying to sound mean spirited, but I honestly don't know of many successful musicians who get that excited about other current artists' music. You're either a music fan, or you're a working musician.

Mark Kozelek

MusicMusiciansTryingYouKnow

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