Fulfillment, I’m sure, struck her as a rich person’s conceit.
MICHELLE OBAMAthere’s no straight line between effort and reward.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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They didn’t own a house. We were their investment, me and Craig. Everything went into us.
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I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
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At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be.
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The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.
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Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.
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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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As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Eventually, if you’re lucky, you learn that you’ve been measuring all wrong.
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If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.
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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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It felt perverse, how the world just carried on. How everyone was still here, except for my Suzanne.
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It hurts to live after someone has died. It just does.
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[Y]ou may live in the world as it is, but you can still work to create the world as it should be.
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