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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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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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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Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.
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It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
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This is a time for action not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.
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We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.
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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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A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.
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If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
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I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.
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a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
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You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt
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All of life is a constant education.
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What we apparently have failed to grasp is that, in this new world in which we live, the collective hunger of great masses of people, wherever they may be, will affect our long-range welfare, just as though they were our own people.
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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude
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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
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On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace.
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The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.
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