“Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Category: relationship
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants,
“I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: legal
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a
“Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: poetry
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What have we achieved since the end
“What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: war
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For me, poetry is a situation –
“For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: history
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Religion has to stay in the heart,
“Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: religion
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People must insist on the right to
“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
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: alone
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For me, poetry is a situation –
“For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: poetry
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their
“Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: courage
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It is through accepting other people in
“It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: respect
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New ideas should confront old ideas. We
“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
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: freedom
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