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My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize... view
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself... view
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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize... view
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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... view
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