Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.
MICHELLE OBAMAWhat do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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[Y]ou may live in the world as it is, but you can still work to create the world as it should be.
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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
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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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My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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Life was teaching me that progress and change happen slowly. Not in two years, four years, or even a lifetime. We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.
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Focus on what you can control. Be a good person every day. Vote. Read. Treat one another kindly. Follow the law. Don’t tweet nasty stuff.
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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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Marriage, he told me early on, struck him as an unnecessary and overhyped convention.
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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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I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.
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Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
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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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