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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
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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First Lady of the world
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Ambition
Use
Cannot
Pitiless
Despicable
Merit

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