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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
Eleanor Roosevelt
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Advice on campaign behavior for first ladies Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Remember to lean back in the parade so everybody can see the president. Be sure not to get too fat, because you'll have to sit three in the back.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
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I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.
Larry Rivers
You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.
Charles William Eliot
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(About Education, People)
One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.
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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
Eleanor Roosevelt
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Advice on campaign behavior for first ladies Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Remember to lean back in the parade so everybody can see the president. Be sure not to get too fat, because you'll have to sit three in the back.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Related Authors: Eleanor Roosevelt - Imelda Marcos - Jackie Kennedy - Barbara Bush - Nancy Reagan - Rosalynn Carter - Laura Bush - Lady Bird Johnson
Based on Topics: Education Quotes, People Quotes
Based on Keywords: enslaving
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Chet Atkins
I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.
Larry Rivers
You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.
Charles William Eliot