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The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.
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
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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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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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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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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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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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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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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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