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My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

Michelle Obama

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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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Politician
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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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Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.
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You look at all the sporting companies out there. I won't name names, but we know who they are. Good brands and logos and things like that, and they have to start catering to real women. Even in how their sports apparel is designed, and the commercials - you want to look at a commercial and see yourself.
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Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it.
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Wounded Warriors tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons!
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Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, 'Who are you as a person?' Don't look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. When you're dating a man, you should always feel good. ... You shouldn't be in a relationship with somebody who doesn't make you completely happy and make you feel whole.
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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 am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.
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It is my hope that our garden's story-and the stories of gardens across America-will inspire families, schools, and communities to try their own hand at gardening and enjoy all the gifts of health, discovery, and connection a garden can bring.
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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.
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Be passionate about something and lean to that strength.
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Hope and change are hard-fought things.
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When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you.
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Barack Obama was always special, you know? And not special, like, He's gonna be important, he's gonna be president. He was special in terms of his honesty, his sincerity, his compassion for other people.
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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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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're [President Barack Obama and I] clear on the fact that we have to stay humble and prayerful. We have to dig down deep to our roots. When things come together, we know some of it is Barack, some of it is us-but a lot of it has nothing to do with either of us.
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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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You've got to make choices that make sense for you because there's always going to be somebody who'll think you should do something differently.
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Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.
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Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.
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