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I look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.

Michelle Obama

Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Fear Hide Mental People
Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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Inspirational Shallow Success
We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.
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Change Patience Plant See
America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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Moment Ourselves Present
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.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Art Design Fashion Freedom History Music Poetry Time
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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Control Focus Law Reading Yourself
No one, I realized, was going to look out for me unless I pushed for it.
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Effort Inspirational Myself
It was painful, but time pushed us all forward.
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Hard Time Pain Success
Am I good enough? Yes, I am.
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Enough Goodness Myself Self Love Worth
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.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Friendship Journey Live
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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Character Life People Relationship Respect Value Word
When they go low, we go high.
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Inspirational One Liner Success
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
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Care Education Health Pieces Truth
[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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Creation Live World Yourself
I’ve learned that it’s harder to hate up close.
MICHELLE OBAMA

Hard Learning Myself
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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Challenge Change Easy Feeling Justice

I look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.

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I look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.

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