Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people.
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 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.
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What 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.
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Kids will invest more, when they feel they’re being invested in.
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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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I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high.
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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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For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.
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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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Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
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Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
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Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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I like the idea of being rigorous about friendship.
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