Salman Rushdie Quotes

The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerThoughtChurchEnlightenment

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

Jerry Stiller

LovedAudienceIdeaTouchingBase

I was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious. I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my cell phone, and was available. In my first year of teaching, I ended up doubling the math time that a conventional school would have. But I don't think any of these things were path-breaking or unusual.

Angela Duckworth

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The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

Michael Jackson

WorkEducationWorldWatching

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

Michael East

FootballFirstKidTurnPlaying

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

Stevie Nicks

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First of all, weren't all the best beatings in the trailer for 'The Passion of the Christ'? I hate when the trailer gives away all the best stuff.

Rob Schneider

PassionBestHateFirstAwayStuff

You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat.

Roger Kahn

LoveTeamYouFallDefeatGlory

Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible.

Ron Fournier

AmericaPossibleAnythingPresidency

I love, but I am not entirely sure how to be loved: how to be seen and known for the utterly flawed woman I am. It demands surrender. It demands acknowledging that I am not perfect, but perhaps I deserve affection anyway.

Roxane Gay

LoveWomanI AmNot PerfectLoved

I gathered as much reading material about Aung San Suu Kyi and about Burma as I could. And I read every article and every book she had written. I also had 200 hours of footage of her to watch. I tried to discover who were her heroes and where he desire and strength to pursue democracy in a non-violent fashion came from.

Michelle Yeoh

StrengthDemocracyFashionReading

Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.

Michael Leunig

ChildrenImaginationValueSpace

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It's a mark of stupidity.

Jason Fried

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