Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

Naguib Mahfouz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmMeetWayEveryoneHeAm

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

Jimmy Wales

JobWelcomeKindCelebrityReal

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

Joe Torre

EasyYouSayWantMoreSomething

Both of my grandfathers fought in the Second World War, and my great-grandfather died at the Somme in the First World War. I never truly believed that the War just finished and everyone was happy-clappy, brought out the bunting, and felt everything was okay again. That's definitely not my impression of the fall-out of war.

Andrea Riseborough

WarWorldWorld War INeverOkay

Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

Sloane Crosley

HeartHistoryCulturePeopleVintage

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.

Tom Wolfe

PeopleMeCareerFictionNonfiction

While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs.

Louise Slaughter

StrengthGrowthWorldSmallCreating

I don't ever take a break. I'm always writing.

Dito Montiel

WritingAlwaysBreakTakeEver

If I want to shoot my daily look, I just put it on Instagram - not on the Web site.

Chiara Ferragni

DailyLookWantShootInstagramWeb

You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.

Christopher Hitchens

SayingYouDangerousIslamWayKeep

Labels are for cans, not people.

Anthony Rapp

PeopleLabelsCans

I don't do enough movies that I can call it a career. It really is sort of like summer jobs or something like that. It's very much like holiday work as far as, okay, I do it, and I'm there for two weeks and hopefully am working really hard, and then it's done, and I kind of go back to what I was doing before.

Wyatt Cenac

WorkDoingEnoughCareerHoliday

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.

William Shakespeare

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