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The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
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
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.
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All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.
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The most important word in the English language is hope.
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If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
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It is not more vacation we need — it is more vocation.
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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.
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The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.
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You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
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You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
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Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
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We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.
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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.
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This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?
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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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