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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."
Government
"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."
People
"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."
Being
"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
"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."
People
"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."
Tolerance
"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."
Art
"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."
Cultural
"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
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"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."
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Personal Development
"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."
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Personal Development
"You should not consider a man's age but his acts."
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Personal Development
"Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age."
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Personal Development
"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."
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Personal Development
"The golden age is before us, not behind us."
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Personal Development
"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."
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Personal Development
"Not even old age knows how to love death."
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Personal Development
"It is not well to make great changes in old age."
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"To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us."
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Personal Development
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