Eastern Quote by Naguib Mahfouz Download Open image “I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.” — Naguib Mahfouz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eastern Nobel Select
There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that I like… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
[Albert Camus] wasn't writing under the influence of the Nobel Prize. That was an external thing for the artist in him. — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for Literature, I'd… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so… — Christopher A. Sims Copy Share Image
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they may… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to people… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can't imagine the pressure to give interviews, to… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost… — Joachim Frank Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Sydney CBD is the eastern city, Parramatta is the central city and Badgerys will be the third city in greater Sydney. — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals — Ron Pickering Copy Share Image
The United States is filled with power places. The majority of them, however, are to be found either along the West Coast and in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The idea of building a Near Eastern house in Honolulu must seem fantastic to many. — Doris Duke Copy Share Image
From the Far Eastern perspective, 29 is considered a very special age. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm a historian by training and by conviction. And so the thing that has throughout informed my thinking about international relations is history. I… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not. — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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