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Quotes by Egyptian Authors

"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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Naguib Mahfouz
"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."
"So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence."
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Mohamed ElBaradei
"So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence."
"When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist."
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Akhenaton
"When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist."
"I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
"Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security."
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Mohamed ElBaradei
"Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security."
"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."
"People, who do so little for you, always try to ruin your life."
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Sami Abouzid
"People, who do so little for you, always try to ruin your life."
"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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Naguib Mahfouz
"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."
"There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones."
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Anwar Sadat
"There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones."
"The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?"
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
"The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?"
"I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about."
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Omar Sharif
"I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about."
"I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it."
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Hosni Mubarak
"I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it."
"When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all."
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
"When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all."
"Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job."
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Zahi Hawass
"Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job."
"Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons."
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Zahi Hawass
"Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons."
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"I create my music for fun not because I have to, that is why it sounds magical and unique."
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Sami Abouzid
"I create my music for fun not because I have to, that is why it sounds magical and unique."
"We don't hate what we once loved but we decided to take some time off and it was eternal."
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Sami Abouzid
"We don't hate what we once loved but we decided to take some time off and it was eternal."
"I've noticed that once you find the right one for you, the one of your dreams, everything in life becomes against you, even the weather."
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Sami Abouzid
"I've noticed that once you find the right one for you, the one of your dreams, everything in life becomes against you, even the weather."
"I Cried in the Night For Love , my Heart was aching ,she was always on my mind ,day and night I couldn't stop thinking of her , she was simply my eternal love ,my heart , my soul ."
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Sami Abouzid
"I Cried in the Night For Love , my Heart was aching ,she was always on my mind ,day and night I couldn't stop thinking of her , she was simply my eternal love ,my heart , my soul ."
"The Price of Love Is Getting Hurt When Least Expected."
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Sami Abouzid
"The Price of Love Is Getting Hurt When Least Expected."
"We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq."
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Mohamed ElBaradei
"We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq."
"If we reject science, we reject the common man."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"If we reject science, we reject the common man."
"We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide."
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Feisal Abdul Rauf
"We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide."
"I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal."
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Omar Sharif
"I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal."
"She Had a Wish, To Leave This Old Town, and See the World Out there."
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Sami Abouzid
"She Had a Wish, To Leave This Old Town, and See the World Out there."
"I miss talking to her and talking to her used to make me feel alive."
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Sami Abouzid
"I miss talking to her and talking to her used to make me feel alive."
"All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise."
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Cleopatra
"All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise."
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"In LIFE, You Meet with People You Wish You Knew Them for Ages and you will meet with people you will wish they were gone for ages."
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Sami Abouzid
"In LIFE, You Meet with People You Wish You Knew Them for Ages and you will meet with people you will wish they were gone for ages."
"I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace."
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Feisal Abdul Rauf
"I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace."
"Good guys, Win in movies, Baby My heart is crying Like rain in May."
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Sami Abouzid
"Good guys, Win in movies, Baby My heart is crying Like rain in May."
"I wanted to be your Hero, But It's too late Now."
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Sami Abouzid
"I wanted to be your Hero, But It's too late Now."
"Your heart is so precious to be mistreated by idiots in this world, you deserve better."
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Sami Abouzid
"Your heart is so precious to be mistreated by idiots in this world, you deserve better."
"To Dream The Impossible Dream, Is Something Great We All Should Do."
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Sami Abouzid
"To Dream The Impossible Dream, Is Something Great We All Should Do."
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there."
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Mohammed Naguib
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there."
"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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Naguib Mahfouz
"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."
"If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."
"People Will Hear What The Wish To Hear, So Why Can't Say and Do What You Wish In Life."
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Sami Abouzid
"People Will Hear What The Wish To Hear, So Why Can't Say and Do What You Wish In Life."
"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."
"Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."
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Plotinus
"Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."
"There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago."
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
"There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago."
"My heart is tossing and turning, I can't stop thinking of you, Oh baby my heart is burning I can't stop loving you."
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Sami Abouzid
"My heart is tossing and turning, I can't stop thinking of you, Oh baby my heart is burning I can't stop loving you."
"Love hurts, Love will make you cry, Oh your heart still aching, From living a lie."
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Sami Abouzid
"Love hurts, Love will make you cry, Oh your heart still aching, From living a lie."
"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."
"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."
"People will come and go in your life and only few of them will become Immortal in your heart."
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Sami Abouzid
"People will come and go in your life and only few of them will become Immortal in your heart."
"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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Naguib Mahfouz
"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."
"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."
"I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning."
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Naguib Mahfouz
"I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning."
"But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful."
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
"But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful."
"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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Naguib Mahfouz
"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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