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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."
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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
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"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."
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"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"
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"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."
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"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."
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"People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy."
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"Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death."
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"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."
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"If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just."
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Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

"We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."
Change

"Without literature my life would be miserable."
Life

"Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."
Religion

"God did not intend religion to be an exercise club."
Religion

"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."
Time

"If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."
Autonomy

"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."
Money

"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."
Art

"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."
Love

"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."
Education
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