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Yitzhak Shamir Quotes

When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.

Yitzhak Shamir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: israeli
Birth: October 22, 1915 - June 30, 2012

Topics

Freedom Nation Jewish Asking Send

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

John Candy

Up Show Get Tonight Did Once

I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls.

Anatoly Chubais

Change Walls Color Wrong Go See

When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply just e-mailed General McChrystal's press staff, said we wanted to do a profile, and said if you could give us any time to hang out with the general, that would be great.

Michael Hastings

Great Time You Stone Said Out

Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't.

Michael Ignatieff

Admire Because Leaders Our Some

I'm super grateful that there wasn't social media when I was a kid, but that sort of self-doubt crept in at a young age. It's bullying. It's the comments here and there, and maybe somebody says something to you that they don't even mean to be a mean-spirited comment, but they'll just kind of say it to you in passing.

Amy Schumer

Age Grateful Social Media Bullying

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

John Zorn

People Edge Matter Spontaneous

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Ronald Reagan

Faith Truth Freedom Words Reality

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

Mary McCarthy

Science Equality Facts Enjoy Matter

The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

Moby

Man Me Think You True Renaissance

That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.

Jonathan Kellerman

Good Money Me Writing Doing Know

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Dolores Ibarruri

Live Feet Better Die Knees Than

Once you're more aware of people's needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you're responsible for your own well-being, too.

Deepak Chopra

People Action You Create Plans Way