When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of … - Eleanor Roosevelt
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When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (11 October 1884 – 7 November 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, social activist. and first lady (as the wife of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
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Also Known As
Birth Name:
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Alternative Names:
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
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First Lady of the world
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Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
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Elaenore Roosevelt
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Anna Roosevelt
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