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Naguib Mahfouz

"Without literature my life would be miserable."

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"Without literature my life would be miserable."

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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
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"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."
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"The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition."
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"I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning."
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"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."
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"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."
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"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."
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"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."
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"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."
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"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"There is always a path to our target, the problem is to discover it!"

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"Things past redress are now with me past care."

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"Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for."

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"Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style."

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"Collect memories, they are your precious property."

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