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the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.

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
Greatest
Reading
Luxury
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those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.
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America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.
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The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.
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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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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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The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
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Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.
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Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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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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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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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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You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.
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You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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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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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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