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I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge.
Anwar Sadat
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Anwar Sadat
Age: 62 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 25
Died: 1981
Died: October 6
Former President Of Egypt
Military Officer
Politician
Mohamed Anwar El Sadat
Anwar el-Sadat
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Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.
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This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.
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My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress.
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To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power.
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Whatever the time or circumstances, the feeling that I am a peasant gives me a rare self-sufficiency. Indeed, the land is always there. I can go back to it at any time.
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To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.
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