Shimon Peres Quotes

The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we did not win the greatest victory that we aspired to: release from the need to win victories.

Shimon Peres

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: August 2, 1923 - September 28, 2016

Topics

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Marriage is a religious and state issue.

Jim DeMint

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I've been really, really fortunate.

Joe Biden

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The very formal, beautiful, composed order that I make with paint and color is freighted with objects, but like leaves falling from a tree onto a lawnmower below, the edges of this 'thing' have a certain serendipity.

Jessica Stockholder

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You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

Maxwell Maltz

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I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.

Amy Poehler

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Some people would claim that things like love, joy and beauty belong to a different category from science and can't be described in scientific terms, but I think they can now be explained by the theory of evolution.

Stephen Hawking

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I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Michael Learned

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I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not to do that?

Jonathan Levine

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Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years.

Diego Klattenhoff

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I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.

Brian Jacques

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One must remember that in the '70s, Democrats still grasping for Camelot were desperately pinning their hopes on Teddy while Republicans were doing everything they could politically to turn him into a punch line post-Chappaquiddick. And the idea of Ted Kennedy - rather than the actual man - dominated his political legacy through the early '90s.

Chuck Todd

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