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What We Need In The World Is Manners ... I Think That If, Instead Of Preaching Brotherly Love, We Preached Good Manners, We Might Get A Little Further. It Sounds Less Righteous And More Practical.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

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What We Need In The World Is Manners ... I Think That If, Instead Of Preaching Brotherly Love, We Preached Good Manners, We Might Get A Little Further. It Sounds Less Righteous And More Practical.

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This Too Shall Pass

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The Giving Of Love And Understanding Is An Education In Itself.

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We Do Not Move Forward By Curtailing People's Liberty Because We Are Afraid Of What They May Do Or Say.

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One Has To Live In Washington To Know What A City Of Rumors It Is.

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I Have Always Felt That It Was Important That Everyone Who Was A Worker Join A Labor Organization.

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Great Minds Discuss Ideas; Average Minds Discuss Events; Small Minds Discuss People.

The Only Joy In This Hard Life Is Serving Others.

The Important Thing Is Neither Your Nationality Nor The Religion You Professed, But How Your Faith Translated Itself In Your Life.

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We Must Do What We Think We Can't Do.

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Friendship With Oneself Is All Important.

Caring Comes From Being Able To Put Yourself In The Position Of The Other Person.

Every Time You Meet A Situation You Think At The Time It Is An Impossibility And You Go Through The Tortures Of The Damned, Once You Have Met It And Lived Through It, You Find That Forever After You Are Freer Than You Were Before.

Experience Should Teach Us That It Is Always The Unexpected That Does Occur.

Human Resources Are The Most Valuable Assets The World Has. They Are All Needed Desperately.

Anyone Who Thinks Must Think Of The Next War As They Would Of Suicide.

I Wonder If Communists Occupied In Producing Plays Are Not Safer Than Communists Starving To Death. I Have Always Felt That Whatever Your Beliefs Might Be, If You Could Earn Enough To Keep Body And Soul Together And Had To Be Pretty Busy Doing That, You Would Not Be Very Apt To Have Time To Plot The Overthrow Of Any Existing Government.

Sometimes It Is Extremely Good For You To Forget That There Is Anything In The World Which Needs To Be Done, And To Do Some Particular Thing That You Want To Do. Every Human Being Needs A Certain Amount Of Time In Which He Can Be Peaceful.

I Believe That It Is A Great Mistake Not To Stand Up For People, Even When You Differ With Them, If You Feel That They Are Trying To Do Things That Will Help Our Country.

The Motivating Force Of The Theory Of A Democratic Way Of Life Is Still A Belief That As Individuals We Live Cooperatively, And, To The Best Of Our Ability, Serve The Community In Which We Live.

Enjoy Every Minute You Have With Those You Love, My Dear, For No One Can Take Joy That Is Past Away From You. It Will Be There In Your Heart To Live On When The Dark Days Come.

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