One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
MICHELLE OBAMAWhat do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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I’ve learned that it’s harder to hate up close.
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Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.
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America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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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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You find ways to adapt. If you’re in it forever, there’s really no choice.
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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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The burden of assimilation is put largely on the shoulders of minority students.
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The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
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There’s a power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s a grace in being willing to know and hear others.
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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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I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. It was another thing entirely to try and get the place itself unstuck.
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The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. What’s better for us? Barack called to the people gathered in the room. Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
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My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
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Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.
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