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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.
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've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.
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I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason
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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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I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization.
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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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The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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Only the poor are handicapped by honor.
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It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.
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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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If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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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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Home is not where you were born home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
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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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He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.
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We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
Naguib Mahfouz
You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.
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