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I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength. Gal Gadot

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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore. Golda Meir

Our True Won Want Anymore Victories Them Paid Wars

There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies. Hanna Rosin

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There are those who say we must rescind the Golan Heights law that was passed in the Knesset. To rescind is a concept from the days of the Inquisition. Our forefathers were burned at the stake and would not rescind their faith. Menachem Begin

Faith Law Heights Our Say Those Inquisition Must Would Days Concept Forefathers Passed Were Burned Stake Who

Humans have an amazing capacity to believe in contradictory things. For example, to believe in an omnipotent and benevolent God but somehow excuse Him from all the suffering in the world. Or our ability to believe from the standpoint of law that humans are equal and have free will and from biology that humans are just organic machines. Yuval Noah Harari

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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. Ada Yonath

Inquiry High High Level Attain Scientific Curiosity Then Stands Level Chance

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail. Ami Ayalon

If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state. Amos Oz

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves. Dan Ariely

Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimistic bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person - you already feel fortunate. Daniel Kahneman

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. David Ben-Gurion

Independence National Anchor Moral Without Intellectual

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport. David Ben-Gurion

Faith People Will Country Jews France Everywhere Ours Russia More Come Territory Built Passport Yemen Than America

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. Golda Meir

Success Honestly Right Thing Say Possible Outcome Never Felt Undertaking Affected Question The Right Thing Regardless Right Thing

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. Golda Meir

God Thank God Thrive Military Because Efficient Thank Them Acts

I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin. Itzhak Perlman

Simple Walk Whatever Nothing Philosophy Ability Fact Disabilities Crutches Scooter Very Cannot Separate Playing Need Violin

All over the Middle East, we face difficult challenges: the ongoing tragedy in Syria, the instability in Iraq, and the jihadist terrorism which dares to speak in the name of Islam, brings so many to seek refuge. The Hashemite Kingdom is facing all these challenges with honor, with dignity, and with great national and human solidarity. Reuven Rivlin

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Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes for the elderly where our parents and grandparents are longing for a smile, a listening ear, in the street, in our workplaces and especially at home. Shari Arison

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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror. Yitzhak Rabin

Work Terrorism Peace Fight Achieve Must Terror Process Peace Process

Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: a period of learning followed by a period of working. Very soon, this traditional model will become utterly obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives and to reinvent themselves repeatedly. Yuval Noah Harari

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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. Abba Eban

Men Exhausted Other Once Wisely Alternatives Behave Nations

If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable. Alber Elbaz

Beautiful People Miserable Like Beautiful Place Am Place

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops. Amos Oz

Conflict People Minds Begins Hearts Ends

Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims. Amos Oz

All of my novels are democracies. Amos Oz

Democracy Novels

I recommend the art of slow reading. Amos Oz

Art Slow Reading Recommend

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