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One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.

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
Human Rights Activist
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...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
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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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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.
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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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No human being can ever own another, whether in friendship, love, marriage or parenthood. Many human relationships have been ruined and happiness far too often changed to misery by a failure to understand this.
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Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas
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I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.
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Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge
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Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
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Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Everybody wants something.
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We don't become heroes overnight. - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down.
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