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I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.
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Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.
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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
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Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.
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No one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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Do one thing every day that scares 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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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
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Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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To a certain extent I don't see any real need for socialism in the United States immediately, but things change and it may be that there will come a need for partial changes in our economy.
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The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.
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One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.
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We must do that which we think we cannot.
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One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
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One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public is capable of doing its own censoring.
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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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