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Naguib Mahfouz quotes

Egyptian Novelist December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006

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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. Naguib Mahfouz
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. Naguib Mahfouz
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat. Naguib Mahfouz
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. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the..."
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of..."
paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held..."
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. Naguib Mahfouz
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. Naguib Mahfouz
My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "If you want to move people, you look for a point of..."
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain."
In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I..."
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Naguib Mahfouz
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning. Naguib Mahfouz
-'Why is it not permitted to us to assist the weak?' -'God has granted them something better than you possess: a mind and a soul,' said Sahloul simply. Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz quote: "The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be..."
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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