All Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
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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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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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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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My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.
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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 was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
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If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
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One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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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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