Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist.
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I believe in giving back.
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.
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I've never worried about life's big questions.
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I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.
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Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?
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I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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Where there is love there is life.
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My life isn't much different than when I worked full time as a journalist.
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Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.
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Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
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Don't listen to a man who says we have to work together as a team. He means we have to work as he says.
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Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist.
