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To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.

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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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
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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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I could never say in the morning, I have a headache and cannot do thus and so. Headache or no headache, thus and so had to be done.
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Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.
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You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
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If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.
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Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.
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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
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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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Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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