To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
GOLDA MEIR
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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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 modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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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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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.
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