Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
MICHELLE OBAMAMy daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
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When they go low, we go high.
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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.
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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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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.
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there’s no straight line between effort and reward.
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Marriage, he told me early on, struck him as an unnecessary and overhyped convention.
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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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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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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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I like the idea of being rigorous about friendship.
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Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
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Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.
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