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The real malady is fear of life, not of death
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
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Journalist
Novelist
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Cairo
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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Madness is the acme of intelligence.
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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'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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One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
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In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.
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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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If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
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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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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 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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Only the poor are handicapped by honor.
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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 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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