Everything was not lost. This was the message we needed to carry forward. It’s what I truly believed. It wasn’t ideal, but it was our reality—the world as it is. We needed now to be resolute, to keep our feet pointed in the direction of progress.
MICHELLE OBAMATrump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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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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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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His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.
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As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Eventually, if you’re lucky, you learn that you’ve been measuring all wrong.
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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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And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.
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The more popular you became, the more haters you acquired.
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The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. What’s better for us? Barack called to the people gathered in the room. Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
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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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I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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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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Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.
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When they go low, we go high.
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