"A poet's 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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"I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.“
-Salman Rushdie
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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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"The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff."
-Salman Rushdie
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"I was 21 in 1968, so I'm 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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"If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it."
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"What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy."
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-Lucille Roybal-Allard
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"Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country."
-Roger Wicker
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"It's been proven that fitting more activity into your day can greatly improve your health."
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"Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner."
-Frank Dobson
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"Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine even if it's only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength."
-Miranda Kerr
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"I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families."
-Steve Kerr
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