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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.
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I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.
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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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Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.
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The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.
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