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 MEIRThe public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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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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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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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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