Salman Rushdie Quotes

Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The past guarantees you nothing in the future if the rules change.

Joel A. Barker

ChangeFuturePastYouRules

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

Ani DiFranco

PeopleActWhoThose

I have no doubt that for some to become a Christian may involve an experience of ecstasy. Yet I do not think such an experience is necessary for someone to be a Christian.

Stanley Hauerwas

ExperienceThinkChristianSomeone

The last thing I saw Gabrielle Giffords do on the floor of the House of Representatives was to line up like the rest of us and read a part of the Constitution. And unbeknownst to her, when she got to the well, her part was the First Amendment.

Trent Franks

ConstitutionRestHouseSheFirst

We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do.

Tony Campolo

BusinessGodPeopleJudgingLeave

There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the refrigerator has ever crossed their mind.

Rumaan Alam

GreatMindAmericanCleaningWant

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

Jason Earles

FamilyParentsTalkMoreThan

I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works.

Alia Shawkat

JobMemoryPeopleYouActorKid

Time is a mind construct. It's not real.

Prince

TimeMindRealConstruct

Acting is emotionally draining, so I make it a point to not do anything when I am home.

Nithya Menen

HomeI AmActingPointAnythingAm

I had to turn down a part in 'Empire of the Sun.' It would have paid £15,000, which was a year's earnings for me then, but I was offered a season at the 'National Theatre.'

Mark Rylance

SunMeTheatreYearDownTurn

I used to believe that it was not possible to lose someone I loved without sensing it somehow, without feeling something shift. But it's not true. People can die, sometimes the closest people to us, without us noticing a thing.

Hisham Matar

PeopleBelieveLovedSomeoneDie

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