Salman Rushdie Quotes

The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryPeopleInterestingYouKnow

Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or artistic movement.

Jim Lee

ArtDirectionYouBackMovement

I'm always shocked by what people react to.

Jennifer Konner

PeopleReactAlwaysShocked

If someone thinks of something, some new innovation that benefits us all, and the market works properly, they get richly rewarded for that, and that's just terrific, and that creates inequality.

Angus Deaton

InnovationSomeoneInequalityNewUs

I have such a lovely life and I just never imagined that I would miscarry a baby.

Amanda Holden

LifeBabyNeverLovelyJustWould

Everyone has their own mantra.

Russell Brand

EveryoneMantraOwn

'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.

Bobby Flay

GreatFoodMoneyNew YorkAttention

Science is our last and greatest frontier.

Antony Garrett Lisi

ScienceFrontierGreatestLastOur

It took years and a lot of diligence on my part. But I've formed my own thing, and now I get people who are surprised to find out he's my dad. I dreamed that would happen, and it has: I'm no longer introduced to people as Brian Williams' daughter.

Allison Williams

DaughterPeopleDiligenceFindNow

My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's just noise. And without knowing why you're moving your body, it's just flailing of arms.

Sutton Foster

PeopleMovingSingingAdviceSomeone

When there is a crisis, how you handle the crisis is just as important as the crisis.

Susana Martinez

YouCrisisImportantHandleJust

I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.

Sean Bean

SomeoneTryingBadRefreshingGuy

We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders.

Sergei Lavrov

IntentionBordersInterestAbsolutely

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