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Naguib Mahfouz

"Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred."

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"Fields are won by those who believe in the winning."

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"An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out."

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"Winning starts with beginning."

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"If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam."

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"What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning."

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"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."

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"And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996."

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"Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."

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"Those who have learned to behave as winners always end up winners."

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"It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team."

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"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."
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"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."
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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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"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat."
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"I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while."
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