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What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Linguist
Orator
Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
Trade Unionist
Writer
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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Women
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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Smell is a fallen angel.
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When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me, much, very much has been given. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart I shall say that life is good.
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Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right.
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The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.
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Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.
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Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.
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Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
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Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything it is he who gets the most out of life.
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When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.
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Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
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All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
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Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing.
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Life is a daring adventure or nothing.
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I am thankful that in a troubled world no calamity can prevent the return of spring.
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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
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Fear: the best way out is through.
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If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!
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There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.
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