“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.”

Source: The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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