"It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish to do otherwise is to legitimize it."

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie

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All quotes by Salman Rushdie

" Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison. "
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" The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it. "
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" I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life. "
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" It may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all emigrated, that its los... "
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" What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. "
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" It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish to do otherwise is to legitim... "
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" When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. "
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" I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simp... "
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" The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame. "
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" Too many people had spent too long demonizing or totemizing me to listen seriously to what... "
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