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Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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Peace Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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Once your children are grown up and have children of their own, the problems are theirs and the less the older generation interferes the better.
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A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.
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Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
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I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war.
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Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has.
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As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.
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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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Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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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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Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
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Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.
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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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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
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It is a rather curious thing to have to divide one's life into personal and official compartments and temporarily put the personal side into its hidden compartment to be taken out again when one's official duties are at an end.
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