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Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Reading Thought Write Something Like

I wanted to be baptized as an adult, confirming my faith and my beliefs. It was also a way for me to consciously thank God and Jesus for everything in my life.

Life God Faith Me Thank God My Life

I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value? What was I about? And I had to love it and take pleasure in it.

Love Value Pleasure Out Take Core

BCBG is something you can wear every day.

Day You Every Day Wear Something

I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is such an amazing franchise, because under the surface of that genre, you're actually looking at human nature.

Nature Opportunity Amazing Looking

I have over seventy tattoos.

Seventy Over Tattoos

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Life Alone Path Finding You Talk

Movie directors who have filmed F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' believe it's a big book looming inside a small one, and they aren't altogether wrong.

Great Small Book Believe Wrong Big

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Love Relationship Yourself Think You

I tell all my students, 'Learn how to code.' It's sort of like learning Spanish in third grade. When you're still young and you still have that sort of agile mind, that's when you should do it.

Learning Mind Learn You Young Tell

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

Life Failure Yourself You Whatever

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

Live Car Day Ride City Small

I have a simple plan to solve the economic crisis. Give every American a $100 credit to the dog track of their choice. I have found the puppies to be a reliable source of income with a consistent rate of return.

Dog Simple American Plan Credit

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