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Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford 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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Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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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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Each generation supposes that the world was simpler for the one before it.
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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.
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In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good.
Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
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I never waste time looking back.
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We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.
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Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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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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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
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When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
Eleanor Roosevelt
