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The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
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Helen Adams Keller
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