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No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!
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
Human Rights Activist
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New York City
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First Lady of the world
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The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
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Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career.
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One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
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it is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.
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We need our radicals.
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Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.
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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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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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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
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Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.
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One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
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I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
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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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Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
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Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.
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