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Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!

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
Life
Dessert
Unpredictable
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Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.
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As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
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