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America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.

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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First Lady of the world
Nasty
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Anger is one letter short of danger.
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People who 'view with alarm' never build anything.
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
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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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