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Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.
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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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
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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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It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.
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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.
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In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good.
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It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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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.
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What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.
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It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.
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When it's better for everyone, it's better for everyone.
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It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.
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Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.
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