"So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?"

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Blanche Wiesen Cook

#Husband Quotes #Book Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself.”
“That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #4: A Darkling Plain”, p.312, Scholastic Inc.
“An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass leaning where deer have looked for apples. The woods from brook to where the top of the hill looks over the fog, send up not one bird. So absolute, it is no other than happiness itself, a breathing too quiet to hear.”
“Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?”
“AIDS is nature's retribution for violating the laws of nature.”
“40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.”
“If you want to be a songwriter and place a song with a popular artist, then it's ok to follow the trends. This is mainly because many labels are afraid to take big risks on something that sounds too different than the status quo.”
“People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.”

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