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We don't become heroes overnight. - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down.
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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True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded.
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Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come.
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Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
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Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
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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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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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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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You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude
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As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.
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The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
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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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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted
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I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.
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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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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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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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No human being can ever own another, whether in friendship, love, marriage or parenthood. Many human relationships have been ruined and happiness far too often changed to misery by a failure to understand this.
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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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Work is always an antidote to depression.
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