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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.

Michelle Obama

Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Fear Hide Mental People
People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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People Powerful Strong Togetherness
Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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Inspirational Shallow Success
The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Black Man Oppression Reality
I was determined to be someone who told the truth, using my voice to lift up the voiceless when I could, and to not disappear on people in need. I understood that when I showed up somewhere,
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Determination Myself Need People True Understand Voice
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 Deserve History See Tolerance
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
We live by the paradigms we know.
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Live One Liner
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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Carry Deserve Existence History Remember Tolerance
I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stick place, I realized. It was another thing entirely to try and get the place itself unstuck.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Beginning Beyond Hope Myself Place Thinking Understand Yourself
There’s a power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s a grace in being willing to know and hear others.
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Power Story Voice Willing Yourself
When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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Limitation Yourself
Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Education Goodness Promise Woman Empowerment Worth Yourself
Changing the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we’re doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change
MICHELLE OBAMA

Change Focus Live Photograph Reality
Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts, good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.
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Friendship Goodness Hurt Life Marriage People Relationship Right Trust
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

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