You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.
MICHELLE OBAMAMy most important title is still mom-in-chief. My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.
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Focus on what you can control. Be a good person every day. Vote. Read. Treat one another kindly. Follow the law. Don’t tweet nasty stuff.
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Even if we didn’t know the context, we were instructed to remember that context existed. Everyone on earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.
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Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.
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And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.
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Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.
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We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.
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Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses, swapped back and forth and over again.
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I didn’t want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn’t wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.
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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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The punches hurt, even if I understood that they had little to do with who I really was as a person.
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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
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It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?
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Everyone on Earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.
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