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I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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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 never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.
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Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
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This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
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Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions
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