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 MEIRTo be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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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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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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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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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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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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