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Tahar Ben Jelloun

"There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."

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Aberjhani

"Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals."

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Aberjhani

"Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it."

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Aberjhani

"Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life-the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it-can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances."

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Aberjhani

"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

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Aberjhani

"Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets."

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Aberjhani

"The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect."

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Aberjhani

"Never believe all that you hear. Always verify the original source of information."

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Aberjhani

"Irony is the hygiene of the mind."

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Aberjhani

"Will and intellect are one and the same thing."

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Aberjhani

"The higher the voice the smaller the intellect."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world."

Poetry

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet."

Language

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."

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