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It's your life-but only if you make it so.
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
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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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Every day do something that frightens you.
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Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.
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True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded.
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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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I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
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The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations.
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Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
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When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
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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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People can only make you inferior with your consent.
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All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.
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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
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It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.
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The hard part of loving is that one has to learn so often to let go of those we love, so they can do things, so they can grow, so they can return to us with an even richer, deeper love.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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Anger is one letter short of danger.
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