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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Todays interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Religion
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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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Society
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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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Those who dont know history are destined to repeat it. – Edmund Burke

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History

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. – Salman Rushdie

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History

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. – John Maynard Keynes

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History

All History is current all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world. – Alice Walker

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History

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An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. – Auberon Herbert

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Smiling is my favorite exercise. – Author Unknown

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I dont think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because its our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us. – Hilary Swank

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