Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 11

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• I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

  Michelle Obama

  Struggle, Needs, Feels

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• When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

  Michelle Obama

  Who I Am, Energy, Negative

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.40, PublicAffairs

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• When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their opinions and preferences are being shaped by the marketing campaigns you all create. And that’s where the problem comes in.. ... And I’m here today with one simple request - and that is to do even more and move even faster to market responsibly to our kids.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Moving, Kids

  Michelle Obama's Remarks During White House Convening on Food Marketing to Children, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 18, 2013.

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• My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before.

  Michelle Obama

  Made, Princeton, Blackness

  "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community". Senior thesis, Princeton University, p. 14-15, 1985.

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• My role models were the people in my life. My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role-modeling was immediate, it was touchable. It was rare for me to idolize a movie star or a singer...because, truly, children connect with who is in their lives, present and accounted for.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Teacher, Dad

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• It is our fundamental belief in the power of hope that has allowed us to rise above the voices of doubt and division, of anger and fear that we have faced in our own lives and in the life of America.

  Michelle Obama

  Voice, America, Doubt

  Farewell Speech as First Lady to participants in the Reach Higher Initiative, in: "Read Every Word of Michelle Obama's Final Speech as FLOTUS" by Alyssa Bailey, www.elle.com. January 6, 2017.

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• Truly 1 percent of this country serves and protects the freedoms of the other 99 percent of us, so many of us don't have that connection. Fortunately, Jill Biden does. She's a blue-star mom. Their son was in the National Guard - or is in the - in - is a Reservist.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Country, Stars

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• After I got out of law school and worked in a big law firm, I thought, there are so many kids like me, in my neighborhood, that could be here if they had more support from their families, better financial aid. But the gap is so wide once you miss that opportunity. So I was always interested in figuring out, How do you bridge that? I felt, as a lawyer, when I was mentoring and working with kids, that I gained a level of groundedness that I just couldn't get sitting on the forty-seventh floor of a fancy firm.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, School, Opportunity

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for this democracy.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Democracy, Suspense

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• We're gathering a group of women around the administration to serve over a longer period of time as mentors to girls in need. If we can have that kind of impact in one night, just imagine if we were working with girls over the course of a year or two.... We can change lives.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Life Changing, Night

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Let Girls Learn issue has always been personal for me. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago where most folks, including my parents, didn't have college degrees. But with a lot of hard work - and a lot of financial aid - I had the chance to attend Princeton and Harvard Law School, and that gave me the confidence to pursue my ambitions.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, School, Hard Work

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

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• Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important for us to talk to parents, in particular mothers, because it's really our self-esteem, it's our initiative.

  Michelle Obama

  Mother, Self Esteem, Kids

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• I felt, as a lawyer, when I was mentoring and working with kids, that I gained a level of groundedness that I just couldn't get sitting on the forty-seventh floor of a fancy firm. Selfishly, it gives me joy - it makes me feel like my life has a purpose.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Giving, Joy

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

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• I'm trolling through the recesses of my mind for the things I did with my kids when they used to like to do things with me. They don't want to be around me now. I look back on these times - all those little funny pottery dishes that you'd pay for, and they'd paint, and they were ugly, and you glazed them, and you'd go back, pick them up, and it's like, "Oh, now I've got to put this on my desk." There's all that kind of stuff.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Mind, Looks

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• That's where you just have to get creative. There are all these trampoline parks and there's bowling and there's roller skating.

  Michelle Obama

  Creative, Skating, Parks

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• Much of what we do with our kids is social and that's good, and we shouldn't stop all that. I mean, how boring would it be that, no, we can't eat anything out so we're just going to go home and sit in the closet and wait to the next day.

  Michelle Obama

  Home, Mean, Kids

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• There are so many really good role models out there, we just have to make sure that we don't glorify just one type. We have the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, who is ready to be a force in kids' lives. I could name hundreds of people like her.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Role Models, Justice

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

  Michelle Obama

  Garden, Community, Washington Dc

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• One reason we planted the White House vegetable garden was to set an example about what food can mean, but to also begin a broader conversation about how we're feeding our kids, what they know about the food that they eat, how they're taking care of themselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Mean, Kids, Garden

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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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• It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Hate, Kids

  Remarks of First Lady Michelle Obama Let’s Move! Launch Anniversary Speech to Parents, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 9, 2011.

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• Childhood obesity isn't some simple, discrete issue. There's no one cause we can pinpoint. There's no one program we can fund to make it go away. Rather, it's an issue that touches on every aspect of how we live and how we work.

  Michelle Obama

  Simple, Issues, Childhood

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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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• Happiness for me is when my kids are good and when my family is whole.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, My Family, Whole

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• Every Thanksgiving, Barack sits down to call some of our troops and thank them for their service. When he tells me about these conversations, it always reminds me of how blessed we are to live in a country where men and women will stand up to protect our freedoms and preserve our way of life. And whenever I've had the chance to meet with these heroes and their families, I've always walked away inspired by their courage and in awe of their strength.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Hero, Blessed

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