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Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
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
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.
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It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go 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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Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
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I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing.
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No one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
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Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’
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No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
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I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.
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Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.
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I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization.
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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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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
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You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.
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The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the best of our ability, serve the community in which we live.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.
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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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