Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the indivi

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. – Naguib Mahfouz

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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Poetry
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Events at home, at work, in the street – these are the bases for a story. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Home
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But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. – Audre Lorde

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Society

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. Its a platform where we could offer information, but its also an escape. – Busta Rhymes

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Society

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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Society

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society thats making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? – John Lennon

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Men have need of history because, without it, the past threatens to overwhelm them. – Guy Fregault, La guerre de la conquête

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One of the beauties of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. – Stellan Skarsgard

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Friends was an education in intelligent comedic banter in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a masters degree in comedy. – Matt LeBlanc

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