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Eleanor Roosevelt · Life

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to 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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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

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Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

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