The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
MICHELLE OBAMAChanging the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we’re doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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I like the idea of being rigorous about friendship.
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I didn’t want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn’t wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.
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a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it’s a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately—even alone.
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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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Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.
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Even white people were recognizing him now.
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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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I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result
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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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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.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.
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We live by the paradigms we know.
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