Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 3

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• Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

  Michelle Obama

  Leadership, Opportunity, Reason Why

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• I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

  Michelle Obama

  Smart, Cutting, Class

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• The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.

  Michelle Obama

  Fashion, Art, Nice

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• I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working class community. There were no miracles in my life, there's nothing miraculous about how I grew up, and I want people to know when they look at me, to be clear that they see what an investment in public education can look like.

  Michelle Obama

  Class, People, Miracle

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Should Have, Feel Good, Needs

  "Michelle Obama at 50". PEOPLE interview, people.com. January 27, 2014.

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• Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Sacrifice, Unconditional Love, Way

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

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• Being a healthy woman isn't about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters-on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.

  Michelle Obama

  What Matters, Empowering, Healthy

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• How hard you work matters more than how much you make.

  Michelle Obama

  Work, Matter, Hard

  Michelle Obama's Remarks at a Campaign Event in Richmond, Virginia, www.whitehouse.gov. September 13, 2012.

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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.

  Michelle Obama

  Education, Giving Up, Order

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• We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Healthy, Culture

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• When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you.

  Michelle Obama

  Opportunity, Doors, Behind You

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• My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Husband, Boss

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• To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better.

  Michelle Obama

  Age, Way, Know Yourself

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

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• If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.

  Michelle Obama

  Who I Am, People, Common Sense

  "10 Things We Learned From Michelle Obama & Meryl Streep in More Magazine". Interview with Sarah Cristobal, www.yahoo.com. June 19, 2015.

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• I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She'd say being a good mother isn't all about sacrificing; it's really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list.

  Michelle Obama

  Mother, Sacrifice, Thinking

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

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• Because no matter what happened, I had the peace of mind of knowing that all of the chatter, the name-calling, the doubting -\-\ all of it was just noise. It did not define me. It didn’t change who I was. And most importantly, it couldn’t hold me back.

  Michelle Obama

  Knowing, Names, Mind

  Tuskegee University Commencement Address, delivered 09 May 2015, Tuskegee, Alabama

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• We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with inspiration. It begins with leadership.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspirational, Broken, Soul

  Michelle Obama's remarks at campaign rally in Los Angeles, California, February 3, 2008.

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• Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Strong, Motivation

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• Elections aren't just about who votes, but who doesn't vote.

  Michelle Obama

  Election, Vote

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

  Michelle Obama

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Sacrifice

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• The arts can enrich all of us in this nation as individuals. The arts can enrich all of our communities and the country. And the arts can connect us to each other like nothing else can.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Art, Community

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• I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Believe, African American, Age

  Democratic National Convention speech, 2008.

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• Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction.

  Michelle Obama

  Heart, Brain, Legs

  "6 Times Michelle Obama Stood Up For Mental Health" by Lindsay Holmes, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2016.

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• The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but with everyone working together, it can be solved. So, let’s move.

  Michelle Obama

  Moving, Emotional, Working Together

  "First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 9, 2010.

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• My ability to get through my day greatly depends on the relationship that I have with other women...We have to be able to champion other women. We have to root for each other's successes and not delight in one another's failures.

  Michelle Obama

  Roots, Champion, Delight

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