Quote by Salman Rushdie
If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way o

If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up. – Salman Rushdie

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A poets work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. – Salman Rushdie

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Poetry
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I was 21 in 1968, so Im as much a child of the 60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. – Salman Rushdie

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Religion
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes. – Salman Rushdie

Category:
Change
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Change
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No, nothing has changed in my life at all, and nothing would change if I had millions. – Kinky Friedman

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Change

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. – Maxwell Maltz

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Change

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. Hes not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, hes really needed. – Vaclav Havel

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Change

I dont care whether youre driving a hybrid or an SUV. If youre headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. Thats what the American people called for in November, and thats what we intend to deliver. – Barack Obama

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Change

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We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. – W.E.B. DuBois

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Black History

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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Nature

Ive been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Womens Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this womens organization. – Gwen Moore

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Leadership

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is, if you have nice hair already, dont get a perm, leave your hair alone! – Mariska Hargitay

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alone