“I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.”

—  Eleanor Roosevelt

As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1972) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 5

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American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady… 1884–1962

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