Naguib Mahfouz
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God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
If we reject science, we reject the common man.
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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.
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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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.
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