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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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To a certain extent I don't see any real need for socialism in the United States immediately, but things change and it may be that there will come a need for partial changes in our economy.
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Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
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Everybody wants something.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
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Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.
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We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.
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This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
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I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.
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Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.
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It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
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I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.
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It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
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The basis of all good human behavior is kindness.
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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
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To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.
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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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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
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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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