Salman Rushdie Quotes

In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all had to stop. People do come up to you so often and say hello, or want a photograph, and I just can't do it anymore in what I used to wear. They don't want to be seen hanging off a rabid old granny any more than I do.

Joanna Lumley

PeopleYouStopGoWantNothing

Pre-teens, teens and college students have unlimited access to the Internet - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of the repeated exposure they have to illegal Internet gambling sites, they fall victim by the thousands.

Spencer Bachus

DayCollegeInternetGamblingWeek

The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.

Steven Spielberg

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I'm a Louis Theroux addict.

Michaela Coel

LouisAddict

Perfection is the child of time.

Joseph Hall

TimePerfectionChild

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Joni Eareckson Tada

LifePeopleWorldChurchMy Life

If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be competitive in this world. And you can't be competitive if you don't have a good education.

Bob McNair

EducationGoodWorldYouLiving

I will sleep all day; I love staying in bed with my dog and reading and not getting up and checking my phone. And that gets me into trouble because I have things to do, and that's not very productive.

Brittany Snow

DogLoveDaySleepMeReading

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

Anne Hathaway

WorkGoodGood WorkFamousPerson

Proper training and federal supervision in state-federal partnerships are essential to both assuring constitutional rights and enforcing our immigration laws. Our Founding Fathers' concept of federalism does not prohibit such cooperation, and we have learned from experience that joint efforts work best.

Asa Hutchinson

WorkBestExperienceTrainingRights

You know, I think when you are unemployed, especially for a long time, it's hard to be inspired or hopeful almost about anything. So it's tough, especially when there has been such gridlock here in D.C. You know, when we are fighting and can't get anything done, whether you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, no one wins.

Peter Welch

TimeToughThinkFightingLongYou

Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a girl without a secret.

Sheryl Lee

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