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All of life is a constant education.

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
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First Lady of the world
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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 that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
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Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.
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Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
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... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis.
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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
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Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.
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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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We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.
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I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
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On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace.
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
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Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas
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A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.
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The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.
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Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are and then make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's lie, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you become yourself.
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I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
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If you approach each new person you meet in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the new channels of thought and experience and personality that you encounter.
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