Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 12

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• I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because I knew that our cities, towns and counties would be a key part of the solution to this issue. ...there is no one-size-fits all policy or program that can solve this problem. And Washington certainly does not have all the answers. Instead, many of the best, most innovative, most effective solutions start in our city halls and our towns and our county councils.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Issues, Keys

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• My priority will be making sure my family is happy and settled.

  Michelle Obama

  Priorities, My Family

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think employers need help in understanding how to translate a military career.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Thinking, Careers

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Even in these tough economic times, Barack [Obama] has left the VA budget as is so that they're prepared to deal with this influx of men and women who are coming home and dealing with a whole array of issues, not just around mental health but just caregiving and the stresses of reconnecting with families who have been away from each other for a very long time.

  Michelle Obama

  Stress, Home, Men

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• And that's why the president has asked the entire government to step up, on his part. I mean, there's - there are things that the private sector needs to do; there are things that the government needs to do.

  Michelle Obama

  Mean, Government, President

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• The one thing I believe is that families are off-limits. And I think my husband said it, and he was clear on that. And I totally agree with him.

  Michelle Obama

  Husband, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I don't have the stressful job. Barack Obama does.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Doe, Stressful

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• I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about. It's been a privilege.

  Michelle Obama

  Issues, Passionate, Privilege

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• To be able to do it in the warmth and - of the White House and to do it around people who do care about my kids in a country that has been respectful of my children and their privacy, it has been less stressful than I would have imagined for me.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Children, Kids

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• The president's job is a lot harder. And that's why I'm working hard to get him re-elected, because he's handled himself with a level of grace and poise that not many people could given the challenges that he's faced.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, People, Grace

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I think any family would, any mother would their children.

  Michelle Obama

  Mother, Children, Thinking

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I think in the end, I want to make sure that my kids come out of this thing on the other end in one piece. But I also know that that's how the rest of the country feels as well, so for that I am grateful.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Grateful, Kids

  Source: www.wbur.org

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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.

  Michelle Obama

  Reality, Men, Black

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• In fact, in the last job I had before coming to the White House - I remember this clearly - I was on maternity leave with Sasha, still trying to figure out what to do with my life, and I got a call for an interview for this position, a senior position at the hospitals. And I thought, okay, here we go. So I had to scramble to look for babysitting, and couldn't find one.

  Michelle Obama

  Senior, Jobs, White

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• My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Ice Cream, Burgers

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• I would be depressed if I felt I could never eat the things that I love. I also don't want my girls to be obsessed about food.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Would Be, Want

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

  Michelle Obama

  Daughter, Mother, Brother

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• I am a sleeper. When you wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do a workout, you're sleepy at 8 in the evening. By 10 o'clock at the latest, I'm in bed.

  Michelle Obama

  Workout, Morning, Bed

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• I've always been a closet jock, but when I got married and had kids, that fell by the wayside.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Jocks, Married

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

  Michelle Obama

  Fun, Thinking, Everyday

  "Michelle Obama: Obesity Campaign about Balance". The Associated Press, www.cbsnews.com. February 08, 2011.

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• We need to support Mary Burke for Governor!

  Michelle Obama

  Support, Needs, Mary

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• My goal is to be a great-looking 70-year-old! I won't mind being 70, but I want people to say, "You're 70?"

  Michelle Obama

  Years, People, Goal

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• Moving [to the White House], whatever stresses would be on my husband and me, we could handle; we are grown-ups. But it wouldn't be until the day that my kids came home and said to me, "I like it here," that I'd feel like I could breathe and know that we're all going to be okay here.

  Michelle Obama

  Husband, Stress, Moving

  "Michelle Obama's Rules for Staying Healthy and Happy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.prevention.com. November 3, 2011.

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• I always want to be on the cusp of being in the best shape that I can be.

  Michelle Obama

  Shapes, Want, Cusp

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• I'm varying my workouts so it's not just cardio but also includes moves to maintain my flexibility.

  Michelle Obama

  Workout, Moving, Cardio

  "Michelle Obama's Rules for Staying Healthy and Happy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.prevention.com. November 3, 2011.

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