What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is w… - Eleanor Roosevelt

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What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person.

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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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Alternative Names: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt • First Lady of the world • Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt • Elaenore Roosevelt • Anna Roosevelt

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