Rushdie also thanked such loyal friends as Christopher Hitchens and the many booksellers in the U.S. who continued to stock the novel despite bomb threats and real bombs.
The Academy Award winner thanked directors such as Bigas Luna and Julian Schnabel, who had "taken a chance" on him.
This desire to remain upbeat ultimately produces some of the more treacly thank yous, such as "Dear Everything, Thank you for happening for a reason.
"You do not set out in life to win these honours, I have just tried to make a bit of a difference and I would like to thank organisations such as Kick It Out for all the work they have done".
We thank monitors such as the Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD), the Ethics & Public Policy Center (EPPC) and Prof. Thomas Farr and the Berkley Center on Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.
There are likely to be special occasions that present themselves for a personal thank you, such as at graduation time, at the end of a teaching period or year, or after you've received good marks.
Thanks to such pressures, as many as 12m gay men are married to straight women, estimates Xing Fei, of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences.
When I pass the statue, I reflect on the changes in the rights of women in the past century, and thank the women such as Marjory, who made it possible for women in my generation to be able to vote, and stand for parliament to become MPs and ministers.
The second-largest single bid is a $894 million commitment from T-Mobile for a swath of airspace over the Western U.S. In a note issued Thursday, Citigroup analyst Michael Rollins wrote that recent bidding activity could lead to increasing competition in urban markets, thank to carriers such as Leap Wireless and MetroPCS bidding on licenses that include several larger cities.
If you will be seeing the guest again soon, you may add a phrase to your thank you note such as, "I can't wait to see you at your wedding next month".
