One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

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Present Erase Past One

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

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Successful Woman Better Job

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Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.

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Women Better Worse Men

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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

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Authority Poisons Takes

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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

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Pessimism Luxury Jew Allow

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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

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Almost Anything Doing Done

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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

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Fashion Freedom Imposition Reign

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Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.

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About Against Anything Bear

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We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

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Alternative War Always Arabs

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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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Anymore Our True Paid

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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

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Regime Ideals Most Realistic

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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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Compromise Either Question

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I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

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Cold Detente English Fancy

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Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

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Above Being Nobody Country

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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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Bloom Cotton Grown Israel

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We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

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Acts Because Efficient God

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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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Either Laugh Heart Weep

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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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Found Having Look Men

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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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Ability Falls Hits Mark

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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

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Art Conventional Dealing History

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About Bone Dog Finds

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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

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Adversity Better Find Never

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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

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Average Blame Doubt Instinct

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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

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Applause Artist Bouquet Every

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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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Affected Felt Honestly Never

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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

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Clock Govern Governed Must

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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

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Age Flying Like Nothing

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Don't be humble... you're not that great.

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Great Humble You

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The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

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Fight Might Only Place

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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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Battle Nation Before Fit

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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

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Accomplished Never Collectively Country

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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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Create Flames Happy Inner

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There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

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Exactly Kill Send Decisions

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Even paranoids have real enemies.

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Enemies Even Real

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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

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Overcome Pretty Resources Forced

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"35 Golda Meir Quotes & Sayings

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

Golda Meir

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

Golda Meir

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.

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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Golda Meir

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

Golda Meir

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

Golda Meir

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.

Golda Meir

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

Golda Meir

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

Golda Meir

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

Golda Meir

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

Golda Meir

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

Golda Meir

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

Golda Meir

We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.

Golda Meir

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Golda Meir

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

Golda Meir

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.

Golda Meir

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Golda Meir

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Golda Meir

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

Golda Meir

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

Golda Meir

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.

Golda Meir

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Golda Meir

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Golda Meir

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Golda Meir

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

Golda Meir

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Golda Meir

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

Golda Meir

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.

Golda Meir

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Golda Meir

Even paranoids have real enemies.

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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

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