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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
Eleanor Roosevelt

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First Lady Quotes
Category:
American Firstlady Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 11, 1884
Date of Death:
November 7, 1962
Nationality:
American
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