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It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.
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
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.
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Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.
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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
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I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a having sufficient Democracy so that the people actually hold their Government in their own hands.
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...without equality there can be no democracy.
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The basis of all good human behavior is kindness.
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The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion
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People can only make you inferior with your consent.
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Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.
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I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.
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Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.
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We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.
Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.
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Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge
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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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It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor Roosevelt
