95 Quotes by Yair Lapid

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    An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.

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    Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.

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    Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right is more emotional and hereditary than having to do with what people think about the Palestinians.

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    Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.

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    At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it.

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    In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.

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    The Israeli media are very important to me. I've been part of them and they a part of me all my adult life.

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    Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran?

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