Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
GOLDA MEIRDon’t be humble… you’re not that great.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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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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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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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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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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