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Each generation supposes that the world was simpler for the one before it.
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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We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.
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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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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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Terrific minds focus on tips average minds go over activities little minds talk about people today.
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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
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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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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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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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I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.
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Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.
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The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life.
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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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If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.
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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.
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What we apparently have failed to grasp is that, in this new world in which we live, the collective hunger of great masses of people, wherever they may be, will affect our long-range welfare, just as though they were our own people.
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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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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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No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
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I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
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