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No one from the beginning of time has had security.

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
Journalist
Peace Activist
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New York City
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America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.
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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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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor.
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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.
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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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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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The kind of propaganda that some of the religious groups, aided and abetted by the opposition, put forth in that campaign utterly disgusted me. If I needed anything to show me what prejudice can do to the intelligence of human beings that campaign was the best lesson I could have had.
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It's your life-but only if you make it so.
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Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.
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Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines.
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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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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
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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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I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.
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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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