A Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for generations who didn't know the man and didn't know the era in which he lived.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
American - First lady
October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962

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The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later.

Seth Godin

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Jeff Bezos

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Shekhar Kapur

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Stana Katic

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bob Dylan

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

Walt Disney

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To build up a future, you have to know the past.

Otto Frank

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