Ive never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones. – Salman Rushdie
Your blasphemy, Salman, cant be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God. – Salman Rushdie
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
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. – Salman Rushdie
Do you know what the overhead is of the Medicare system? One-point-zero-five percent. Do you know what – private insurance is 30 percent in overhead and profits? Given a choice how Im going to improve health care, Im going to take it away from private insurance profits and overhead. Wouldnt you? – Anthony Weiner
It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they dont, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and theyre going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance. – Gwen Moore