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"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."
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Eleanor RooseveltExample is the best lesson there is. — Eleanor Roosevelt
"Example is the best lesson there is."
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement, and advocacy, she largely redefined the role. Widowed in 1945, she served as a United States delegate to the United Nations General
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"Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
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"When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."
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"You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give."
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"I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall"."
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"I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on."
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