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" The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home. "

Yair Lapid

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" I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past. "

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" People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews. "

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" The Israeli media are very important to me. I've been part of them and they a part of me all my adult life. "

" At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it. "

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