Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 12

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• Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house...and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both.

  Michelle Obama

  Soccer, Mom, Grandma

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

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• I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.

  Michelle Obama

  Bird, Elmo, Sesame Street

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• For the first time, the nation will have goals, benchmarks, and measureable outcomes that will help us tackle the childhood obesity epidemic one child, one family, and one community at a time.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Epidemics, Obesity Epidemic

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• I was an incredibly devoted student, and I would often wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to study. But even so, there were still people who thought that a girl like me with a background like mine wasn't really "college material."

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Morning, College

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

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• We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that I know I can speak passionately about because whether I'm in the White House as First Lady, as long as I have kids and I'm trying to have a life, I'm gonna be trying to make this balance work...

  Michelle Obama

  Meaningful, Kids, Impact

  "Michelle Obama: The Full Interview". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. February 15, 2008.

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• Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Vegetables, Snacks

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• What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful . . . Great designers also pursue a mission. Great designers design with mankind in mind . . . The crossroads of science and art, innovation and inspiration are what I love about design.

  Michelle Obama

  Art, Inspiration, Design

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• When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me. I didn't play doctor. I didn't play lawyer. I didn't have those visions until I was in college, meeting people who were doing those things. That's why we're trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children's lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Mother, Teacher

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

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• It's not about government telling people what to do. It's about each of us, in our own families, in our own communities, standing up and demanding more for our kids. And it's about companies like Walmart answering that call.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Kids, Government

  "Obesity: Michelle Obama campaign seen as effective" by Carolyn Lochhead, www.sfgate.com. February 09, 2011.

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• I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with a busy husband, a very demanding job and two little kids to feed.... I had to learn what it means to feed and care for your kids in a country where fast food is abundant, where time is a rarity, where eating out is a trend, because families are so busy.... Yes, I'm First Lady, but I know the struggles.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Mother, Husband

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college.

  Michelle Obama

  Running, Children, War

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

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• I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people on rope lines, because I'm always thinking, 'Maybe this interaction, particularly if I'm meeting kids, will change someone's life.' That's how I think about the work I do as First Lady. It's a rare spotlight. I want to make sure I don't waste it.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Thinking, Differences

  Source: www.people.com

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• 'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.

  Michelle Obama

  Moving, Government, People

  "Michelle Obama: 'Let's Move' program not about 'having government tell people what to do'". thehill.com. March 12, 2012.

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• Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

  Michelle Obama

  Couple, Night, Lunch

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• As women, we cannot afford to neglect ourselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Neglect

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• America is just downright mean.

  Michelle Obama

  Mean, America

  "Yes Michelle Obama can" by Rachel Cooke, Mariella Frostrup, Gina McCauley, Julie Myerson, Gaby Wood, Camila Batmanghelidjh, Carole Cadwalladr, Barbara Ellen, Elizabeth Day, Louise France, Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.

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

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Doe, Stressful

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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've always tried to make sure that what I do really connects with the broader agenda of what my husband is trying to do.

  Michelle Obama

  Husband, Trying, Agendas

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

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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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• It's important for us not to lose sight of the fact that this is a family that's grieving and there's been a tremendous loss. And we all have to rally around that piece of it.

  Michelle Obama

  Loss, Grieving, Sight

  Source: www.wbur.org

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