Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
MICHELLE OBAMAThe 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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People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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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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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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Everyone on Earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.
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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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We live by the paradigms we know.
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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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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.
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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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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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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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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
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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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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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