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" It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

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" People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. "

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" I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life! "

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" I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. "

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" Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. "

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