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Tahar Ben Jelloun has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say…
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At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which…
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I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not…
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits…
— Jim Morrison
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality
— Richard Dawkins
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The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it…
— Richard Dawkins
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Poetry is not easy. Or should I say, real poetry is not easy.
— Robert Pinsky
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