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Quotes by Israeli Authors

"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."
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Moshe Dayan
"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."
"I love Daredevil. I thought it was enjoyable. Okay? There were critical issues with it, and that's why I wear black, some people wear red - we are entitled to our opinions."
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Avi Arad
"I love Daredevil. I thought it was enjoyable. Okay? There were critical issues with it, and that's why I wear black, some people wear red - we are entitled to our opinions."
"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime."
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Moshe Katsav
"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime."
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"We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture."
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Moshe Sharett
"We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture."
"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."
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Golda Meir
"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."
"Most important, don't do anything you don't want."
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Moshe Dayan
"Most important, don't do anything you don't want."
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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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Golda Meir
"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."
"I love to work with young kids."
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Itzhak Perlman
"I love to work with young kids."
"I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day."
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Itzhak Perlman
"I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day."
"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."
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Golda Meir
"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."
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"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."
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David Ben Gurion
"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."
"I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant."
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Moshe Sharett
"I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant."
"That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two."
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Shimon Peres
"That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two."
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
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Abba Eban
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared."
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David Ben Gurion
"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared."
"You are a little god on earth running around."
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Benny Hinn
"You are a little god on earth running around."
"The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years."
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Benjamin Netanyahu
"The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years."
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
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Golda Meir
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
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"The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth."
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Moshe Sharett
"The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth."
"Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves."
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Benjamin Netanyahu
"Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves."
"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."
"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom."
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Uri Geller
"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom."
"Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right."
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Amos Oz
"Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right."
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"We can just assume they have much more and powerful, more advanced technology, all the new computers, everything could be much more easier and help them to build much more and many more nuclear weapons."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"We can just assume they have much more and powerful, more advanced technology, all the new computers, everything could be much more easier and help them to build much more and many more nuclear weapons."
"Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?"
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Isaac Yeffet
"Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?"
"So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel."
"His ignorance is encyclopedic."
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Abba Eban
"His ignorance is encyclopedic."
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"Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books."
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Avi Arad
"Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books."
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"The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200."
"Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals."
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Moshe Katsav
"Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals."
"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
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Golda Meir
"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."
"Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom."
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Golda Meir
"Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom."
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"I smuggled the camera, it was no problem to smuggle the camera there. And I took 60 photos, two films, during the time when there was no one in the control room, in the building."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"I smuggled the camera, it was no problem to smuggle the camera there. And I took 60 photos, two films, during the time when there was no one in the control room, in the building."
"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall."
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Itzhak Perlman
"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall."
"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."
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Moshe Dayan
"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."
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"When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs."
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Moshe Sharett
"When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs."
"The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic."
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Amos Oz
"The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic."
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"The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed."
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Moshe Katsav
"The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed."
"Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber."
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Moshe Sharett
"Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber."
"To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger."
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Moshe Dayan
"To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger."
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"When it comes to the income of the ministry, I have no problem talking about it or what happens to the money."
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Benny Hinn
"When it comes to the income of the ministry, I have no problem talking about it or what happens to the money."
"That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep the spirit very strong because you feel like you are yourself singing opera, and I used to hear a lot of opera, they send me tapes."
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Mordechai Vanunu
"That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep the spirit very strong because you feel like you are yourself singing opera, and I used to hear a lot of opera, they send me tapes."
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence."
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David Ben Gurion
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence."
"There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel."
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Isaac Yeffet
"There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel."
"I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered."
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Moshe Sharett
"I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered."
"No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence."
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Yitzhak Rabin
"No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence."
"I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values."
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Moshe Katsav
"I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values."
"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man."
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Shimon Peres
"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man."
"We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization."
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Yitzhak Shamir
"We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization."
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