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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.

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Michelle Obama
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 17
Former First Lady Of The United States
Lawyer
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Chicago
Illinois
Michelle LaVaughn Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Obama née Robinson
Michelle Robinson
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I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.
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We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates.
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One of the things I've done personally is bring my girlfriends into my health and fitness journeys.
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When I was younger, I could eat whatever I wanted, as long as I exercised or if I didn't exercise and just watched what I ate, I'd maintain. Now I have to do both.
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I joke that I stick with the job because it covers my insurance, but the reality is that my career has always been very important to me.
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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.
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We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.
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Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.
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I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.
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Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.
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I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.
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Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.
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And that's why the president has asked the entire government to step up, on his part. I mean, there's - there are things that the private sector needs to do there are things that the government needs to do.
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What I tell my kids is, I’m preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen time rules.
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I don't have the stressful job. Barack Obama does.
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Hope and change are hard-fought things.
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Our job is, first and foremost, to make sure our family is whole.
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It should be fun introducing kids to fruits and vegetables. If you start young, it will be something that they'll attach to really quickly.
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I feel fortunate as a woman to have a husband who loves me and shows me in every way.
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There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.
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