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Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.

Michelle Obama

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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Challenge Change Easy Feeling Justice
there’s no straight line between effort and reward.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Effort Limitation Reward
No one, I realized, was going to look out for me unless I pushed for it.
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Effort Inspirational Myself
You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.
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Character Goodness Success Yourself
He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.
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Business Himself Mindset Problem See World
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
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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Alone Carry Challenge Change Deserve Existence History Remember See Tolerance
America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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Moment Ourselves Present
Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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Enough Goodness Myself Self Love Worth
Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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Inspirational Shallow Success
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?
MICHELLE OBAMA

Moments Myself See
Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child – 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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Children Deep Grow Up Myself Philosophy Thinking
It hurts to live after someone has died. It just does.
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Death Hurt Live Myself
Fulfillment, I’m sure, struck her as a rich person’s conceit.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Person Rich Satisfaction
My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Family Heart Mom Myself World
Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Afraid Focus Hope Inspirational Women Empowerment

Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.

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