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"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

Government, Evening, Writer

"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

Education, Goals, Agriculture, Democracy

"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."

Love, Thought, Books, Reading

"I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle."

Life, Battle, Help

"I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while."

Love, Poetry, Relax

"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."

Society, Expression, Freedom, Right

"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

Thought, Writer

"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."

Constitution, Now, Opinions, Press

"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."

History, Society, People, Ideas

"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."

Reading, Read

Exlpore more Problems quotes

"Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Problems,

"One of my problems is to find the self."

Max Beckmann, German Artist

Problems, Self

"I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto."

Ed Belfour, Canadian Athlete

Problems,

"The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise."

Robert Foster Bennett, American Politician

Problems, Promise, Resolution, World

"In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Problems, Revenge

"There have been as many investigative reporters on this newspaper working on Clinton's many problems as I can remember there were working on Watergate."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

Problems,

"I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

Problems,

"I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream."

John Breaux, American Politician

Problems, States, United

"Undoubtedly, there are numerous problems with the immigration system here in The United States."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

Problems, States, United

"Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up."

Roger B. Chaffee, American Astronaut

Problems,