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I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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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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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.
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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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Men have to be reminded that women exist.
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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
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The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.
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To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.
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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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I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.
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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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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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It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
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A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
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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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Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
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Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.
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No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
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Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge
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