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Salman Rushdie

There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.

There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.

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These are some quotes by Indian author Salman Rushdie Novelist, who was born on June 19, 1947.

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The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

Salman Rushdie

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One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

Salman Rushdie

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In an ideal world, you could reunite the Pakistan-occupied part of Kashmir with the Indian-occupied part and restore the old borders. You could have both India and Pakistan agreeing to guarantee those borders, demilitarise the area, and to invest in it economically. In a sane world that would happen, but we don't live in a sane world.

Salman Rushdie

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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

John Henry Newman

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A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Ashwin Sanghi

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Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

Morris Gleitzman

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