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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
Politician
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
Joy
Others
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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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Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
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There is in every country an antipathy to the foreigner.
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You do the things that need to be done according to priority.
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People who 'view with alarm' never build anything.
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Men have to be reminded that women exist.
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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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Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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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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The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.
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Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
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When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
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