Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet, Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.
SALMAN RUSHDIEIt seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
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If somebody’s trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.
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Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
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For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.
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Faith without doubt is addiction.
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We all owe death a life.
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In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
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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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Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It’s the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.
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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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The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it’s teaching.
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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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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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I’ve been worrying about God a little bit lately. It seems like he’s been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do with the quality of lovers he’s been getting.
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