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Naguib Mahfouz

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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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."

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"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

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"I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about."

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"The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."

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

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"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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"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."
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"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."
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"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."
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"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."
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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."
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