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" Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever. "
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Lasts
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" I am a Moroccan writer of French expression. "
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" I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. "
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" My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. "
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" I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer. "
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" I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. "
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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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" 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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" There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals. "
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" We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom. "
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" 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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" The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. "
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" In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds. "
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" A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely. "
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" Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world. "
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