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    Eleanor Roosevelt was a strong woman who was caring‚ generous‚ and loving. She experienced many horrible things as a child‚ such as her father‚ mother‚ and brother dying when she was only seven years old. As a young child Eleanor had it exceptionally tough‚ her mother used to call her “granny” because of her seriousness. Eleanor was always called the ugly duckling as a child because of her looks and appearance. Then Eleanor’s mother‚ Ana‚ became ill with painful headaches‚ and would ask Eleanor to

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    woman” There are many well known or famous couples that are being looked at in the world for what they are doing. A famous couple that people knew in history was Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Everything that Franklin Roosevelt did‚ Eleanor always had a big part in something to deal with it too. Eleanor Roosevelt was probably the main one to help Franklin Roosevelt come up with the ideas and help make them work. The quote “Behind every great man is a great woman” is true because everyone

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    Beneatha’s Struggles Eleanor Roosevelt once said‚ “A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” As carbon matter endures unimaginable heat and pressure to transform into a beautiful diamond‚ so also do individuals experience incredible situations in life‚ which lead to opportunities for personal development. These times of struggle do not always produce the most gracious or picturesque representations of a person‚ but they are often necessary for

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    graduating in 1900 Roosevelt then decided to attend school at Harvard. He was not a great student and mostly got C’s and his teachers described him and underwhelming and average. During his last year at Harvard he became engaged to his fifth cousin‚ Eleanor Roosevelt‚ they got married in march 1905. Roosevelt then thought

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    Eleanor and Park By‚ Rainbow Rowell I relate to the character Park Sheridan in the book Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell because he is considered weird and is an outsider. He isn’t crazy about sports‚ parties‚ dating and he’s popular enough not to get picked on and different enough not to fit in‚ just like yours truly. We first meet Park when Eleanor is boarding the bus to school. He’s sitting all alone listening to his walkman‚ while Eleanor gets pushed around by Tina and Steve. He tries

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    Seven People Who Shaped My Life Hom e About Eleanor Roosevelt About The Project Online Docum ents & Videos Publications ER‚ JFK‚ & the 1960 Election: A Mini-Edition The My Day Projects Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Teaching Hum an Rights Support The Project Contact The Project Search Go The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project is a university-chartered research center associated with the Department of History of The George Washington University by Eleanor Roosevelt Look 15 (June 19‚1951): 54-56‚ 58

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    Courtly Love

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    Courtly love began in the late eleventh century with William IX of Aquitaine. William was a well-known troubadour in southern France‚ and his influence on granddaughter Eleanor (and in turn‚ her influence on her daughter‚ Marie) led to the Courts of Love. The Courts of Love were presided over by Marie de Champagne and Eleanor D ’Aquitaine. With many scholars and theologians present‚ the Courts of Love gave women a new standing and brought a note of elegance into the stark medieval

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    “Gifted Hands” Chapter’s 7-9 There’s an old saying by Eleanor Roosevelt that states “You can never really live anyone else’s life‚ not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life‚ and what you’ve become yourself.” I believe this statement is true. However‚ what Eleanor Roosevelt fails to mention was who‚ or what kind of people come into our lives and influence us to change for the better. Do these particular

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    Self-Motivation

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    English 105 Joyce Freese Jazmine Moore November 28‚ 2012 When you look up self-motivation in the dictionary it says that self-motivation is initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another’s prodding or supervision. Some of us are self-motivated and some of us are motivated by others. It may seem difficult to have the ambition and the drive to motivate yourself but when you take action‚ when you have faith‚ and when you have a little motivation from others‚ you will have

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    Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.  John Barrymore  Through‚ Often‚ Door Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.  Dalai Lama  Made‚ Ready‚ Actions Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.  Oscar Wilde  Others‚ Cause‚ Whenever Happiness is when what you think‚ what you say‚ and what you do are in harmony.  Mahatma Gandhi  Harmony Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper‚ our friends

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