Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: "My life can be so arranged that I can live on ..."

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My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.
Eleanor Roosevelt / Former First Lady Of The United States
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My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.
⇛ Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady Of The United States)

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