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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

Golda Meir

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Golda Meir
Age: 80 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 3
Died: 1978
Died: December 8
Former Prime Minister Of Israel
Politician
Teacher
Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.
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It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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We don't want wars even when we win.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know I've never been a man minister.
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It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?.. the America I've known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I've known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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