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No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

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There is a desire for progress in the hearts of all men, and it is the sense of frustration and inability to move forward that brings violent revolution.

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It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.

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Science is a tool by which men will build their future. The future will depend on man's use of his tool.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Born: October 11, 1884
Died: November 7, 1962 (aged 78)
Bio: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
Known for:
  1. You Learn by Living
  2. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1913)
  3. It's up to the women (1933)
  4. This I remember (1949)
  5. Letters To Eleanor
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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

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I have a heart with room for every joy.

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

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A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

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