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I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
~ Salman Rushdie
Except
Express
I Think
Instance
Lot
No Words
Religious
Some
Some Things
Soul
Things
Think
Us
Whether
Words
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
~ Salman Rushdie
Allow
Become
Big
Capital
England
Historical
I Think
Itself
Kind
Made
Mistake
Terrorist
Think
Very
World
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
~ Salman Rushdie
Away
I Think
Power
Taking
Think
Veil
Way
Women
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I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers' emotions can be very indirect. You could come at it through irony or comedy, etcetera, and you could capture people's sympathies and feelings kind of by stealth if you like.
~ Salman Rushdie
Capture
Come
Comedy
Could
Emotion
Emotions
Engage
Feelings
I Think
Indirect
Irony
Kind
Like
Novel
People
Play
Readers
Stealth
Sympathies
Think
Through
Very
Way
Which
Written
You
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I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.
~ Salman Rushdie
Because
Column
Difficulty
Extreme
Found
Hard
Having
How
Ideas
Know
Month
Monthly
New
New York
New York Times
Opinion
Really
Say
Stopped
Things
Three
Times
Two
Used
Week
Write
Year
York
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
~ Salman Rushdie
Absurd
Almost
Anyway
Child
Disappeared
Force
Going
Had
Idea
Life
Major
Much
Our
Possible
Really
Religion
Seemed
Societies
Subject
Those
West
Would
Years
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I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.
~ Salman Rushdie
Adventure
Anything
Been
Bombay
Change
Good
Happy
Must
No Reason
Reason
School
See
Some
Spirit
Suppose
Very
Wanting
World
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I will come back to India - so deal with it.
~ Salman Rushdie
Back
Come
Deal
India
Will
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I would argue that religion comes from a desire to get to the questions of, 'Where do we come from?' and 'How shall we live?' And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions.
~ Salman Rushdie
Answer
Argue
Come
Desire
Get
How
Live
Need
Questions
Religion
Say
Shall
Those
Where
Would
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I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.
~ Salman Rushdie
Behind
Books
Enjoy
Enjoy Reading
I Write
Reader
Reading
Shoulder
Standing
Write
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
~ Salman Rushdie
Behave
Bigots
Huge
Like
Surprise
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If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction.
~ Salman Rushdie
Could
Done
Fiction
Had
Insult
Islam
Novel
Rather
Sentence
Simply
Than
Trade
Wanted
Work
Writing
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
~ Salman Rushdie
About
Cost
Dead
England
Fuss
Long
Nobody
Security
Special
Then
Treatment
Were
Whether
Would
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
~ Salman Rushdie
Ashamed
Child
Failure
Had
Head
His
Parent
Prejudice
See
Would
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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
Based
Board
Countries
Defeated
Distant
Dream
Freedom
Islam
Modern
Muslim
Must
Principles
Remain
Take
Terrorism
Which
Will
Without
World
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If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.
~ Salman Rushdie
Artist
Creative
Creative Artist
Free
He
Still
Then
Today
Tomorrow
Will
Worries
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If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.
~ Salman Rushdie
About
Art
Ask
Change
Culture
Differently
Make
People
Shift
Shifts
Social
Social Change
Think
Too
Will
Women
You
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If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
~ Salman Rushdie
Against
Attack
Attacks
Certain
Facilities
Iranian
Israeli
Makes
Nuclear
Point
Some
States
United
United States
Were
Would
Would-Be
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
~ Salman Rushdie
Become
Country
Europe
European
Join
Long
Long Time
Might
Take
Time
Turkey
Wants
Will
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
~ Salman Rushdie
Actually
Better
Better Way
Blowing
Change
Doing
Than
Up
Want
Way
World
You
Your
Yourself
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