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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.

Golda Meir

If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
GOLDA MEIR

Alive Bad Choice Death Image
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Allow Himself Jew Luxury Pessimism
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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Death Family Lost Place Return
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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Civilization Compromise Necessary Negotiation Value
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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Bloom Growth Happiness Kind Victory
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Better Job Man Success Woman
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Compatible Pessimism Togetherness
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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Hate Jew Ourselves Pity World
Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
GOLDA MEIR

Greatness Humble Yourself
If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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Feeling Happiness Leadership Place Politics Thinking
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Fashion Freedom Imposition
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
GOLDA MEIR

Negotiation Peace Road War
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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Achievement Creation Flame Happiness Kind Life Possible Trust Yourself
The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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Children Life Modern Myself Woman Wrong
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Beautiful Blessing Development Myself Resource True
Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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Age Happiness Joy Sin Time

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