Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

Naguib Mahfouz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: egyptian
  • Birth: December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006

Topics

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The selfless actions of these heroes have removed them from their families, businesses and homeland to fight, so that others may experience the liberty awaiting our troops upon safe return to America.

Jim Walsh

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I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.

John Key

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I'm extremely busy and running around requires a lot of energy.

Stephen Chow

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We went from crop to crop, field to field. And my father had that army truck, a 1940s army truck from Fort Bliss, El Paso.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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As far as aging on screen is concerned, I am sure the TV audience don't go by stereotypes - they have evolved and become smarter over the years.

Divyanka Tripathi

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If I don't get along with Democrats, I'm sort of, like, out of business.

Donald Trump

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I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.

Clifford Geertz

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What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

Bryan Cranston

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There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.

Peter Welch

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Let me let you in on a secret. I do plan to be on the podium with President Clinton when she's inaugurated in January 2017 - but I'm going to be sitting with the senators.

Tim Kaine

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Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Ricky Jay

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Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.

Martin Naughton

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