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Tahar Ben Jelloun

" I am a Moroccan writer of French expression. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Expression , Writer

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" My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Writers , Sensibility

" The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Man , Thought , Doubt

" Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Religion , Heart , Politics

" Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry , Friendship

" 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. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry , World , Vision

" Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry , Mathematics

" The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Mistake , Errors , Fanaticism

" New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

People , Ideas , Old , Today , Freedom , Europe , Example

" This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Mother , Universe , Tongue

" My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

People , Will , Work , Hope , Countries , Investment

" My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Desire , Justice

" People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work. "

Tahar Ben Jelloun

People , Work , Right , Artists

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