Michelle Obama Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.

  Michelle Obama

  Justice For All, Justice

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• Be passionate about something and lean to that strength.

  Michelle Obama

  Passionate

  Source: www.people.com

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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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• My goal has always been to add value, not to be redundant, not to get in the way, but to do things that lift and move things forward in a very strategic and objective way so that there are real outcomes.

  Michelle Obama

  Real, Moving, Goal

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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

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  Jobs, Balance, Needs

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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