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

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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
Politician
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
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Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.
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I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!
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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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Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.
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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 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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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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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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A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
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Mozart, who was buried in a pauper’s grave, was one of the greatest successes we know of, a man who in his early thirties had poured out his inexhaustible gift of music, leaving the world richer because he had passed that way. To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.
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To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
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No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!
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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions
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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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...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.
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