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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society w

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. – Naguib Mahfouz

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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Peace
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Ive never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Politics
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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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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society

I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money – they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt. – Yuri Milner

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Society

I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality. – Jermaine Jackson

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Society

Are we Darwinists – where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support. – Mario Batali

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Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. – Theodor Adorno

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In me the tiger sniffs the rose. – Siegfried Sassoon

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Everybodys business is nobodys business, and nobodys business is my business. – Clara Barton

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Business

Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh. – Judah Ibn Tibbon

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Books