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" There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

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" Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. "

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" In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. "

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" As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. "

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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. "

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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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" Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. "

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" I once 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 up against a wall. "

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" Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. "

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" When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. "

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" Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. "

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" No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. "

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" I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. "

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" The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation. "

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" You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority. "

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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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" 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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" In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond. "

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" I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him. "

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" I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role. "

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" The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. "

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" We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. "

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" What you don't do can be a destructive force. "

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" The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares. "

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