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Philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Former First Lady Of The United States
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Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
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It is not more vacation we need — it is more vocation.
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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.
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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
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When it's better for everyone, it's better for everyone.
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What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.
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To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
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Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
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I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in this country really face the problems that people who are pushed to the point of striking know all about, but others know practically nothing about.
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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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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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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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No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
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Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are and then make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's lie, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you become yourself.
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I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.
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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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The most important word in the English language is hope.
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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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