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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Even paranoids have real enemies. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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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" The dog that trots about finds a bone. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Being seventy is not a sin. "

" It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. "

" 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. "

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