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"I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere."

"Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers."

"What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers."

"The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration."

"The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries."

"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open."
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"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

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

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

"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."

"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."

"The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition."

"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."

"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."

"If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion."
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