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Golda Meir Quote

“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.”

— Golda Meir

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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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Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!

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