The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? D…

Salman Rushdie
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask. ✨ Salman Rushdie says he's glad he wrote The Satanic Verses. www.mirror.co.uk. October 1, 2008.
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