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It was painful, but time pushed us all forward.

Michelle Obama

My most important title is still mom-in-chief. My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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Heart Important Mom World
Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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Enough Goodness Myself Self Love Worth
failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.
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Failure Feeling Result
there’s no straight line between effort and reward.
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Effort Limitation Reward
Kids will invest more, when they feel they’re being invested in.
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Children Feeling Investment Worth
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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Beginning Beyond Hope Myself Place Understand
What 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.
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End Grow Up Yourself
People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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People Powerful Strong Togetherness
It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once—to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress.
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Direction Live Plant Possible Success
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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Hurt Myself Person Understand
Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization. It’s the ugliest kind of power.
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Kind Oppression Power Ugly
Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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Afraid Focus Hope Inspirational Women Empowerment
The more popular you became, the more haters you acquired.
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Fame Hate Success
And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.
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Human Myself Willing
Look how I’m managing, I wanted to say in those moments, to my audience of no one. Does everyone see that I’m pulling this off?
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Moments Myself See
His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.
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Book Himself Money

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