She gave the most stirring speeches, ... and she was never afraid to ask for money. Once when I was speaking at a rally, she grabbed the mike and told me to be more forceful in my fund-raising pitch. The crowd loved it; I think we raised $90,000 that day.
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ELEANOR CATTON A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of yo... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The way that I see astrology is as a repository of thought and psychology. A system we've create... ELEANOR CATTON Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My hor... ELEANOR CATTON Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so c... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domi... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damne... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. ELEANOR CATTON I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its pro... ELEANOR CATTON I'd like to be the ambassador to the Bahamas. ELEANOR MONDALE A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I make bad choices. I've got such dodgy tastes in men. ELEANOR MONDALE Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good... ELEANOR CATTON When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner o... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and... ELEANOR CATTON I think that's what fiction writing is actually all about. It's about trying to solve proble... ELEANOR CATTON I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one... ELEANOR CATTON Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for th... ELEANOR FARJEON Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge. ELEANOR FARJEON The changes are long overdue at this point. And yet, despite the fact that the commission found sign... ELEANOR ACER One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do ... ELEANOR ACER It's become much more difficult to win asylum and if an immigration officer issues a mistaken decisi... ELEANOR ACER This country was founded on the concept of asylum that you never return those who flee persecution t... ELEANOR ACER The reporting I did was mostly entertainment or lifestyle. I took a very different approach than mos... ELEANOR MONDALE To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe wha... ELEANOR CATTON We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fea... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all th... ELEANOR ROOSEVELDT What you don't do can be a destructive force. ELEANOR ROOSEVELDT One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Learn from the mistakes of others. You cant live long enough to make them all yourself. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If someone betrays you once, its their fault; if they betray you twice, its your fault. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if yo... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well. ELEANOR MARX Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are t... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT There is nothing to regret - either for those who go or for those who are left behind ELEANOR ROOSEVELT