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"Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round"."
"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities " but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."
"If a media is not criticizing the government, then that media is not a media but just a clown of the government!"
"William Cowper said that God made the country, and man made the town. If it was the opposite, there would be no country; because town can be created from the country but the country cannot be created from the town!"
"Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it's an almost losing battle against it."
"Why, because an author has more rights than ordinary people, as everybody knows. People will stand much more from him."
"Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom."
"Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations..."
"More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed."
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"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."
"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."
"Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
"One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages."
"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."
"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."
"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."
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