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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
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
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... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis.
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People can only make you inferior with your consent.
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You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
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At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.
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In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
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Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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What you don't do can be a destructive force.
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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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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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We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.
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It is not more vacation we need — it is more vocation.
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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.
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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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Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
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When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
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All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.
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