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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
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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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One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
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Never be bored, and you will never be boring.
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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
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a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
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I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.
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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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I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.
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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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It is very difficult to have a free, fair and honest press anywhere in the world. In the first place, as a rule, papers are largely supported by advertising, and that immediately gives the advertisers a certain hold over the medium they use.
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No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
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Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it.
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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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The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
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Success in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love....You never know anyone until you marry them.
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Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Curiosity must be kept alive.
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