Salman Rushdie Quotes

Someone asked me if I was afraid to write my memoirs. I told him: 'We have to stop drawing up accounts of fear! We live in a society in which people are allowed to tell their story, and that is what I do.'

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

Jim Dale

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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

John N. Mitchell

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I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived in Yorkshire for 11 years. When he gave up his job, we realised we could live wherever we liked.

Sophie Hannah

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I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about.

Tove Lo

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Record making is an extraordinary experience.

Robbie Robertson

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I had done a directing producing job before on 'Big Day' and 'Jake in Progress,' and those are two shows where I directed the pilot and stayed with it in series.

Michael Spiller

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Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.

Jon Porter

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I know where I'm coming from; I know what I bring and what I take. I take more than I bring; I bring hope, but I give nothing. That's not the role I'm proud of.

Don McCullin

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That's why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people's faces.

Drake Bell

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Peace is obtained by war.

Cornelius Nepos

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Every filmmaker imbues a movie with their own point of view.

Ava DuVernay

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In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.

Willie Brown

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