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It felt perverse, how the world just carried on. How everyone was still here, except for my Suzanne.

Michelle Obama

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.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Character Life People Relationship Respect Value Word
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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Husband Myself Photograph Smile
Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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Fear Hide Mental People
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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Determination Myself Need People True Understand Voice
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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Education Goodness Promise Woman Empowerment Worth Yourself
We live by the paradigms we know.
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Live One Liner
America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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Moment Ourselves Present
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.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Control Focus Law Reading Yourself
They didn’t own a house. We were their investment, me and Craig. Everything went into us.
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Home Investment
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.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Power Story Voice Willing Yourself
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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Care Fundamental Problem Thinking Time
I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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Achievement Myself Success Worth
Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization. It’s the ugliest kind of power.
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Kind Oppression Power Ugly
Now that I’m an adult, I realize that kids know at a very young age when they’re being devalued, when adults aren’t invested enough to help them learn. Their anger over it can manifest itself as unruliness. It’s hardly their fault. They aren’t bad kids. They’re just trying to survive bad circumstances.
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Age Children Enough Investment Myself Survive Young
Kids will invest more, when they feel they’re being invested in.
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Children Feeling Investment Worth
The lesson being that in life you control what you can.
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Control Lesson Life Yourself

It felt perverse, how the world just carried on. How everyone was still here, except for my Suzanne.

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