Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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By: Salman Rushdie

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness.. view

By: Salman Rushdie

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Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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

By: Salman Rushdie

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

By: Salman Rushdie

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

By: Salman Rushdie

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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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

By: Salman Rushdie

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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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

By: Salman Rushdie

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Our lives are not what we deserve.. view

By: Salman Rushdie

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