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Madness is the acme of intelligence.

Naguib Mahfouz

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Naguib Mahfouz
Age: 94 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 11
Died: 2006
Died: August 30
Artist
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Film Writer
Intellectual
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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Writer
Cairo
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
Acme
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Intelligence

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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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In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.
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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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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?
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Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.
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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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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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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
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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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Insults are the business of the court.
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The real malady is fear of life, not of death
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Only the poor are handicapped by honor.
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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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