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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

Golda Meir

Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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Believe Brother Hope Ideal Judgement
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Children Elimination Enemy Hate Love War
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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Accomplishment Alone Collection Myself
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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Age Man Perfection Reach Secret Wait
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Government Management Myself Time
We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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Deep Peace Side War Win
Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Man Myself Talk Togetherness Woman Worst
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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Government Ideal Reality World
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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Civilization Compromise Necessary Negotiation Value
We don’t want wars even when we win.
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Battle War Win
Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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Children Devotion Husband Measurement Ourselves
I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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List Myself Routine Schedule Slave
My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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Age Easy Fly Old Storm Time Wisdom Yourself
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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