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In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.
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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Cairo
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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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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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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