![It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defense of free expression.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-defending-salmon-rushdie-was-if-i-can-phrase-it-like-this-a-matter-of-ever.jpg)
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hate industry lose regret
We regret and hate to lose an industry of that caliber. Terry Austin
hate men roots
Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know its nature. To love money is to known and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money - and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it. Ayn Rand
hate mean doe
I hate the word universal, because I don't know exactly what it means. The question is, does it work for the client? Travelers was a diversified, financial conglomerate that did very well. The businesses had nothing to do with each other. Jamie Dimon
hate compassion might
Rather than saying 'I hate mess', it might draw more compassion to say, 'mess terrifies me as a harbinger of catastrophe'. Alain de Botton
hate way handicapped
I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all. Aimee Mullins
hate winning watches
My whole thing is, haters are gonna hate, but haters are also going to click on your YouTube video just to watch it, so I don't really care. You helped me break the record. Even if you were watching just to hate on me, and now I hold the record, so I win. Miley Cyrus
hate book firsts
I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book. Connie Willis
hate
Haters are going to hate. Dick Van Dyke
hate love-you heart
I don't hate you, I love you, you're part of myself, you're my heart and when you go it's my heart torn out and carried away-- Orson Scott Card
expression freedom lived states united
See we just had a misunderstanding. I thought we lived in the U.S. of A., the United States of America. But actually we live in the U.S. of A., the United States of Advertising. Freedom of expression is guaranteed? If you've got the money!
expression sly
On the sly, scoping for love. Aretha Franklin
expression simplicity form
Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. Bruce Lee
expression long strange
What a long strange trip it's been. Jerry Garcia
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill
expression light despair
Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed. Yann Martel
expression focus essentials
I raised the camera, pretended to study a focus which did not include them, and waited and watched closely, sure that I would finally catch the revealing expression, one that would sum it all up, life that is rhythmed by movement but which a stiff image destroys, taking time in cross section, if we do not choose the essential imperceptible fraction of it. Julio Cortazar
expression fundamentals dimensions
All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more. Oskar Kokoschka
expression people acting
Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously. Judy Holliday