“My first love was, and remains, manual labor; sowing and harvesting, the pastures, the flock, and the cattle.”

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The speaker is saying that physical work has always been important to him. He presents farming and caring for animals as the kind of work he valued most, both in the past and still now.

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About Ariel Sharon

Israeli general and politician

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician, and served as prime minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006. He became a central figure in Israeli public life through both military command and politics. He is known for a long career that moved from the army into national leadership, with his name often linked to the highest level of Israeli government. The facts available here place him above all as a military and political leader, not as an author or performer.

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