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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.

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
Children
Motherhood
Heart
Struggle
Work
Focus
Think
Within
Mothering
Thinking
Attention
Unleashed
Left
Parental
Mother
Unfinished
Home
Rent

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