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What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.

Salman Rushdie

Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you.
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Freedom Liberty Yourself
For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.
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Advice Game Ladder Life Snake
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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Book Easy Yourself
We all owe death a life.
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Death Life One Liner
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.
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Head Literature Place Possible Secret Society Talk Voice Way
Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.
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Admire Fall Fame Shadow
Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.
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End People Weapon Word
You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any more.
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Bed Frame Hang Home Notice Shame Wall
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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Deep Defeat Fear Terrorism Yourself
Until you know who you are you can’t write.
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Writing Yourself
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
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Beginning God Justice Man People
An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
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Ability Crime Human Nature Story
I don’t dictate to anyone what to believe and what not to. And I don’t want that to be dictated to me either.
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Believe Direction Myself
We are the storytelling animal.
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Animal Story Talk
No, I don’t think it’s fair to label Islam ‘violent.’ But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.
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Criticism Hide Knowledge Thinking Violence Writing
A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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Fake Mistake Name Poet Sleep Stop Work World

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