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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Naguib Mahfouz
Age: 94 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 11
Died: 2006
Died: August 30
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Cairo
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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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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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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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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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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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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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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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