Even white people were recognizing him now.
MICHELLE OBAMAThe easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.
More Michelle Obama Quotes
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When you’re First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes.
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I have had to learn that my voice has value. And if I don’t use it, what’s the point of being in the room?
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[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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They didn’t own a house. We were their investment, me and Craig. Everything went into us.
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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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My most important title is still mom-in-chief. My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
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No one, I realized, was going to look out for me unless I pushed for it.
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It felt perverse, how the world just carried on. How everyone was still here, except for my Suzanne.
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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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I wanted Americans to understand that words matter—that the hateful language they heard coming from their TVs did not reflect the true spirit of our country and that we could vote against it.
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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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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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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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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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Kids will invest more, when they feel they’re being invested in.
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