Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? (16 October 1939)
Quotes to Explore
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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The hard truth is that there are people who believe they're writers and work hard at it and are sincere about it, but they don't make it. You have to be prepared for that possibility.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
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Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? (16 October 1939)
