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Quote by George Thorogood

“As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.”

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George Thorogood, born on February 24, 1950, is a renowned American rock vocalist. His music style is deeply influenced by blues and rock, known for his distinctive voice and passionate performances. more

“If you want to draw people into the story, you really have to write as if you're writing a novel and make these actually-existing people, including the actually-existing person with my name, into a believable person on the page. And that requires distance. That requires not being right up against the events you're talking about.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“One of the characteristics of mudslinging is that mud sticks if it's thrown with enough force for long enough.”

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“Sometimes people have said that Islam, in its own calendar, is still only in the Middle Ages. It's still in the fifteenth century or whatever. And Christianity in the fifteenth century, after all, was full of inquisitions and burnings at the stake, and so on and so on. So give Islam time, and it will reach the point of maturity that other religions have. But Mormonism is much younger than Islam, and it's got there already. So I don't think that's an argument that works.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“Unfortunately, the problem of the free speech argument is that you have to defend people you can't stand.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“I don't think there really is much of a left in America, certainly by European standards even the left is quite right wing here.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

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