"One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'"

-- Salman Rushdie

#Book Quotes #Pride Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.”
“I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.”
“The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.”
“Unfortunately, I'm more experienced than I care to admit on long-distance relationships. Just because that is my life. I travel because I love to. As a result, I have to sort of make it work when a relationship kind of comes into view.”
“Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1907). “Watchwords”
“What I try to control ends up controlling me.”
“I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When did it become the law of the land that the Supreme Court has the final say on anything? They cannot have the final say on anything. The American people have the final say on anything.”

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