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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
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 didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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 reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
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.
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
If we reject science, we reject the common man.
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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11 January, 1907
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23 December, 1972
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