Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

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.

Naguib Mahfouz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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PeopleMeWorldBelieveDoorsNow

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.

Jim Capaldi

MusicTryingKindSomethingJust

I come from a working-class background where I was much more likely to read socialist books and leaflets than Bronte or Dickens - neither of whom I've yet read.

Jim Crace

MoreWhereBackgroundComeBooks

Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it's a place where you can learn. You have to pay your dues, and people who haven't paid their dues in the theater, I think, have a hard time creating a whole career.

Joanne Woodward

TimePeopleThinkLearnYouCareer

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.

Matthew Broderick

LoveParentingBabyViewYouI Can

When I first started with 'Twilight,' I didn't have any experience. I didn't know what I was doing. So I was pretty intimidated by the editors and the publishers, and I felt like I was a kid in school with the principal telling me what to do! It was hard for me.

Stephenie Meyer

ExperienceSchoolMeDoingKnowKid

The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

Tom Hodgkinson

HappyChaosShoppingBookInternet

Would I like to do a feature? Absolutely.

Michelle MacLaren

WouldLikeAbsolutelyFeature

My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition.

Lorna Luft

CompetitionSisterNeverFeltWere

And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.

Craig Brewer

HeartEnjoyDownKnowCryMovies

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

Brian Eno

ChangeDestinationMattersScene

There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.

Anne Bronte

WorldAlwaysImperfect

I don't have one specific person that I think is the most athletic person.

Ashton Eaton

ThinkPersonMostI ThinkSpecific

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