"To lead a country, you must periodically hold……" — Tahar Ben Jelloun
"To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power."
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49 Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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