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A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
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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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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It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.
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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
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those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.
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Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.
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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.
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I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.
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Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.
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How can we be such fools as to go on senselessly taking human life in this way? Why the women in every nation do not rise up and refuse to bring children into a world of this kind is beyond my understanding.
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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
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Never be bored, and you will never be boring.
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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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You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.
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You achieve strength, braveness and confidence by each experience in which you really halt to search dread during the deal with
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Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!
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Do something everyday that scares you.
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