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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
— Salman Rushdie
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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
— Salman Rushdie
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Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.
— Salman Rushdie
Tags: okay, end, think, police
Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.
— Salman Rushdie
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
— Salman Rushdie
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
— Salman Rushdie
Tags: friends, know, woman, family
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