"We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."

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"We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."

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

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

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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

John Wooden, American Coach

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"The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

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"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor."

Robert Frost, American Poet

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"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

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"Change in all things is sweet."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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