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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.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Naguib Mahfouz
Age: 94 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 11
Died: 2006
Died: August 30
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Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
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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 am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.
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When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.
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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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It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
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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.
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Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.
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As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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