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I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

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 battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
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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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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.
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The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
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it is harder to be philosophical when you are young.
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I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
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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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Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
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You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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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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what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.
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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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A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
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What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.
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I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war.
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Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.
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