Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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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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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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