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...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.
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
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
First Lady of the world
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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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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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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
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Terrific minds focus on tips average minds go over activities little minds talk about people today.
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We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.
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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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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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Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.
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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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The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.
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Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.
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We need our radicals.
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Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
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As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.
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All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.
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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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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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