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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
Autobiographer
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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First Lady of the world
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If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.
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Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.
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