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I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.

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
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Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a curfew women should stay home after dark. I said, 'But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs we have no place to go.
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Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope. Don't believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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I have given instructions that I be informed everytime one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in themiddle of the night. When President Nasser leavesinstructions that he is to be awakened in the middleof the night if an Egyptian soldier is killed, there willbe peace.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided - not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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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