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I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times when it weighs me down because I can't do some of the things I want.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), U.S. First Lady, author, and speaker. As quoted in Eleanor and Franklin, ch. 51, by Joseph P. Lash (1971).

Written to Esther Lape on December 19, 1940, as her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, prepared to begin his third term as President. She had been an active and compassionate First Lady.

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