Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmothe

I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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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. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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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. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding youre exactly the same. – Audrey Hepburn

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You know youre getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. Its like, See if you can blow this out. – Jerry Seinfeld

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I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And hes made of sugar. – George Saunders

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When I was little I thought, isnt it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because its July 4th. – Gloria Stuart

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson

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