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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
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Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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New York City
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The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the best of our ability, serve the community in which we live.
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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
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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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Education is the cornerstone of liberty.
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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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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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I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing.
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Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.
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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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The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.
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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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Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!
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If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
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Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.
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What you don't do can be a destructive force.
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Every day do something that frightens you.
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Do something everyday that scares you.
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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.
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The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
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Men have to be reminded that women exist.
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