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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Former First Lady Of The United States
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New York City
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First Lady of the world
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I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a having sufficient Democracy so that the people actually hold their Government in their own hands.
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Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
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I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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What you don't do can be a destructive force.
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I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
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It's your life-but only if you make it so.
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If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.
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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
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Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
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How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.
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Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.
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I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
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Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.
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The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.
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