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I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
Everyone
Found
Something
Contribute
Education
Almost
Interesting

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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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The purpose of life afterall is to live it.
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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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If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be proud of. But if you feel that you have special difficulties, then you must indeed be proud of your achievement.
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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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Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor.
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The basis of all good human behavior is kindness.
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The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion
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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few
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If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.
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It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
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What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.
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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
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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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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)
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Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.
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It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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