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Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did 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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New York City
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If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.
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A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.
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Men have to be reminded that women exist.
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If it's a man's game so decidedly that a woman would be soiled by entering it, then there is something radically wrong with the American game of politics.
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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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Work is always an antidote to depression.
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Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge
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I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.
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Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.
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I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.
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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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A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
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what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.
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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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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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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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I wish I really knew what the Republican foreign policy has been. I don't. I am a Democrat, and I really don't know what it has been.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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