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I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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