You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.
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failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.
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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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No one, I realized, was going to look out for me unless I pushed for it.
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The more popular you became, the more haters you acquired.
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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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It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once—to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress.
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Even white people were recognizing him now.
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I’ve smiled for photos with people who call my husband horrible names on national television, but still want a framed keepsake for their mantel.
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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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You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.
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And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.
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The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
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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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