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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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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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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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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
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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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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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Madness is the acme of intelligence.
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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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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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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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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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Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.
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