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In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.
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Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.
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The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
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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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Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.
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This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.
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