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Alive Quote by Golda Meir

“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.” quote by Golda Meir — Download Open image

“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.”

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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

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