The punches hurt, even if I understood that they had little to do with who I really was as a person.
MICHELLE OBAMAjust do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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We live by the paradigms we know.
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When they go low, we go high.
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My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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They didn’t own a house. We were their investment, me and Craig. Everything went into us.
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It was painful, but time pushed us all forward.
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Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child – 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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If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.
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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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America, our moment is now, Barack said. Our moment is now.
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Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts, good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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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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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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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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Life was teaching me that progress and change happen slowly. Not in two years, four years, or even a lifetime. We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.
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