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" Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. "
Golda Meir
Imposition
Reign
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" Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. "
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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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" You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. "
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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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" We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. "
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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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" Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. "
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" I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. "
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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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" To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. "
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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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" We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. "
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" One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. "
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" I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. "
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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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" 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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" The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. "
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" Even paranoids have real enemies. "
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" Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. "
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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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" Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. "
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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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