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Inspirational Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun
- Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
- Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
- I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
- My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
- I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.
- I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
- Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
- In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
- A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
- Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
- I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
- I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
- In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
- To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
- We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the…
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