Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 2

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• We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Balance, Needs

  "Encouraging Quotes from Michelle Obama", www.beliefnet.com.

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• Be passionate about something and lean to that strength.

  Michelle Obama

  Passionate

  Source: www.people.com

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• I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.

  Michelle Obama

  Hate, Real, Diversity

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.50, PublicAffairs

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• Find people who will make you better.

  Michelle Obama

  People

  "ABC, NBC Kowtow to Michelle Obama, but Took Shots at Laura Bush". "NBC Nightly News" with Kristen Welker, www.newsbusters.org. June 23, 2011.

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• We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

  Michelle Obama

  Honesty, Integrity, Squares

  Speeach at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

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• There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Important, Investing

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• If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire...if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores...if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote...if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time...if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream...and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love...then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

  Michelle Obama

  Dream, Country, Badass

  Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

  Michelle Obama

  Fighting, Simple, World

  "Michelle Obama: My husband will be 'extraordinary president'", www.cnn.com. August 25, 2008.

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• In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage.

  Michelle Obama

  Marriage, Laughter, Thinking

  "Michelle Obama: Laughter is good for marriage" by Jim Bourg, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 13, 2011.

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• The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. That is their power -- to remind us of what we each have to offer, and what we all have in common. To help us understand our history and imagine our future. To give us hope in the moments of struggle and to bring us together when nothing else will.

  Michelle Obama

  Art, Struggle, People

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• My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own.

  Michelle Obama

  Thinking, Choices, Feel Good

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

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• You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

  Michelle Obama

  Fear, Decisions You Make, Might

  "Fear game" by Lucy Carrigan, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2008.

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• I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

  Michelle Obama

  Should Have, Worried, Grades

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• Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, 'Who are you as a person?' Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn't know. And, more important, how does he treat you?

  Michelle Obama

  Cute, Mother, Children

  "Michelle Obama: Your First Lady (Special Recognition)". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.

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• I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.

  Michelle Obama

  President, Who You Are

  Michelle Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Voice, Stronger

  "Michelle Obama urges open internet access in China speech" by Stuart Leavenworth, www.smh.com.au. March 23, 2014.

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• Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

  Michelle Obama

  Honesty, Squares, Shortcuts

  Democratic National Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

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• Treat people with dignity and respect.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Dignity, Treats

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• You've got to make choices that make sense for you because there's always going to be somebody who'll think you should do something differently.

  Michelle Obama

  Thinking, Choices, Should

  "Michelle Obama misses life without scrutiny". www.today.com. August 05, .2010.

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• You all have opportunities and skills and education that so many folks who came before you never could have dreamed of. So just imagine the kind of impact that you're going to make. Imagine how you can inspire those around you to reach higher and complete their own education.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspiring, Graduation, Opportunity

  Remarks by the First Lady in Commencement Address to Dillard University, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 10, 2014.

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• No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Half, Citizens

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• Choose people who lift you up.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspirational Life, People, Lift You Up

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently.

  Michelle Obama

  Thinking

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• Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.

  Michelle Obama

  Rights, Issues, Important

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• Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do.

  Michelle Obama

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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