"Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Journey Quotes #Long Quotes #Mumbai Quotes

“The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.”
“True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.”
“It is exhausting to be running around pretending to be scared at night - It sounds so wussy actory.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into bread and butter.”
“I'm a writer, so I interview people all the time, and I think of it as being a very creative process. Giving interviews is actually one of the most creative parts of the film promotion process.”

Source : Source: www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk
“I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.”

Source : Jessica Stern (2010). “Denial: A Memoir of Terror”, p.25, Harper Collins
“I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.”
“There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.”

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