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The most important word in the English language is hope.

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
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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First Lady of the world
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Important
English
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Hope

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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.
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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
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We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.
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You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
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In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
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What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.
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The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.
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A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.
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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.
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... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis.
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Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.
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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
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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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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
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