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 OBAMAThe realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
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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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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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I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. It was another thing entirely to try and get the place itself unstuck.
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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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When they go low, we go high.
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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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I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.
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America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
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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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