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the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life?

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
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Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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From Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.
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