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"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. "

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"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.' "

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"It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business. "

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"I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is, happy and contented in retirement. "

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"I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world. "

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"I do not recollect when I had such a mental treat."

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"Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. "

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"We are plain people from Tennessee, called here for a little time by a nation's calamity, and I hope too much will not be expected of us."

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"We are coming back just four years from today. "

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"I had 3 brothers, 2 died early, and one of them was living a good long time. "

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"Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the presidency. What are you going to do with it? "

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"I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since."

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"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. "

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"Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day. "

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"I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax? "

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"The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband. "

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"Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world."

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"The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. "

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"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

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"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

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"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent."

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"If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."

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"A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. "