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Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
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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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
First Lady of the world
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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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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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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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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.
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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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All of life is a constant education.
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You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.
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