America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
MICHELLE OBAMAWhen they go low, we go high.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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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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just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
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Since stepping reluctantly into public life, I’ve been held up as the most powerful woman in the world and taken down as an angry black woman. I’ve wanted to ask my detractors which part of that phrase matters to them the most—is it angry or black or woman ?
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The lesson being that in life you control what you can.
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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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What I notice about men, all men, is that their order is me, my family, God is in there somewhere, but me is first.
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The burden of assimilation is put largely on the shoulders of minority students.
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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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Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization. It’s the ugliest kind of power.
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I’ve learned that it’s harder to hate up close.
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It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?
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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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Hearing them, I realized that they weren’t at all smarter than the rest of us. They were simply emboldened, floating on an ancient tide of superiority, buoyed by the fact that history had never told them anything different.
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The punches hurt, even if I understood that they had little to do with who I really was as a person.
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No one, I realized, was going to look out for me unless I pushed for it.
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