Musical comedies aren&#39;t written, they are rewritten.

I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was a child - you&#39;re either a model or you play basketball.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it&#39;s not where you start but where you end up.

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.

When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense.

I didn&#39;t plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.

The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn&#39;t produce money. Ideas produce money.

Shimon Peres

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Written By Shimon Peres

Written By Shimon Peres

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