Our lives teach us who we are.

Quote by Salman Rushdie

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in...

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in...

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total...

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total...

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner...

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.