The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
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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It hurts to live after someone has died. It just does.
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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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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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It was painful, but time pushed us all forward.
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Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.
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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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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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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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We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.
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failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.
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I have had to learn that my voice has value. And if I don’t use it, what’s the point of being in the room?
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Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result
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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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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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