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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. - Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. – 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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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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If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. – Naguib Mahfouz

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