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To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.
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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New York City
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
First Lady of the world
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...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.
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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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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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