Tag: Michelle Obama
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So we know that it’s not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.
Michelle Obama
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If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.
Michelle Obama
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I think Hillary Clinton is a phenomenal woman, and I’ve gotten to know her, and I think she’s made some pretty major contributions over the course of her life.
Michelle Obama
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You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that’s the way we move forward. That’s how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.
Michelle Obama
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Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can’t make a healthy choice.
Michelle Obama
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I’m asking myself, ‘What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?’ Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.
Michelle Obama
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I specifically did not read other First Ladies’ books, because I didn’t want to be influenced by how they defined the role. I knew that I would have to find this role – very uniquely and specifically to me and who I was.
Michelle Obama
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I want kids to know: Don’t wait for somebody to come along and tell you you’re special. Because that may never happen.
Michelle Obama
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When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.
Michelle Obama
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I love our daughters more than anything in the world – more than life itself. And while that may not be the first thing that some folks want to hear from an Ivy-league-educated lawyer, it is truly who I am. So for me, being Mom-in-Chief is, and always will be, job number one.
Michelle Obama