Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ReligionPeopleYouLookWantEgypt

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.

Jesmyn Ward

PeopleFindWantWhyWillWrite

You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process.

Stephen Bayley

HopeStartProcessYouHouseNever

After returning from Cambridge in 1936, I did some work with J. M. Mioz on the oxidation of fatty acids in liver.

Luis Federico Leloir

WorkReturningLiverCambridgeSome

I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven.

Louise Rennison

CuriousGrowing UpWorldThinkYou

I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.

Jon Favreau

PatienceMoviesLot

I'm a big French fry girl. I try to avoid them, but sometimes you just need to indulge, so I go for it!

Doutzen Kroes

GirlYouGoSometimesGo For ItTry

I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world.

Debra Winger

SleepWorldLearnWantEatGoing

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

Chris LeDoux

MuchHigherBullsCaliberBreeding

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

Corin Nemec

NervousActorGetVeryRarely

Indie movies can be a lot more stressful than studio pictures. The stakes are just as high whether you're talking $3 million or $40 million.

Brian Reitzell

TalkingYouPicturesMoviesHigh

Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species.

Alfred Marshall

NameLandRentProducerLeading

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

William Henry Harrison

PurposeGovernmentBelieveRichPoor

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