a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it’s a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately—even alone.
MICHELLE OBAMABullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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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This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path–the my-isn’t-that-impressive- path– and keep you there for a long time.
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Everything was not lost. This was the message we needed to carry forward. It’s what I truly believed. It wasn’t ideal, but it was our reality—the world as it is. We needed now to be resolute, to keep our feet pointed in the direction of progress.
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Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.
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For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.
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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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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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I’ve learned that it’s harder to hate up close.
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Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.
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The burden of assimilation is put largely on the shoulders of minority students.
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Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.
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just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
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When they go low, we go high.
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Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
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