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Orhan Pamuk
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 7
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When Turkey began approaching the EU, I wasn't the only one who worried that the dark stain in Turkey's history - or rather the history of the Ottoman Empire - could become a problem one day. In other words, what happened to the Armenians in World War I. That's why I couldn't leave the issue untouched.
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The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends.
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Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with.
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Love is a sacred silence.
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Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.
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Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.
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Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.
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In fact, my entire childhood consisted of looking at photographs in which the viewer sees the ball behind the line, looking through the goal net, and the poor goalkeeper in front of the net.
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Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.
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Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.
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What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand.
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Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the depths of our souls. The day arrives when the guilty must return to save those who could not find the courage to leave.
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In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.
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Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.
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After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy - they are coming together. There needn't be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe.
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All great masters, in their work, seek that profound void within color and outside time.
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When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released.
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As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them
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