You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
GOLDA MEIRAs President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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