Salman Rushdie Quotes

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We are all children of the same God, and we have to come together to solve our problems and not be fighting so much.

Ann Romney

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The populists themselves are dangerous, but they are far more dangerous when the traditional, classic parties adopt their harmful proposals.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

Mercy Otis Warren

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I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.

Silas Weir Mitchell

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When things are good, you should be thanking God. I don't do enough of that. But if you get things, you should thank Him, not just take, take, take. He really listens.

Micky Ward

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Because of the world we live in, we lock the doors in our house when we go to sleep. If you live in an apartment, if you can, you get a building that has a doorman or security.

Judy Sheindlin

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My mom always knew I would be able to take care of myself, but my dad was afraid.

Dominique Moceanu

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I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

DeForest Kelley

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I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

Brad Paisley

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The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using anymore. I found them when I was ten; I didn't know what it was. But I found Lightnin' Hopkins.

Ato Essandoh

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That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.

Paul Tsongas

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Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us.

Shari Arison

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