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People Quotes by Michelle Obama

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Young people often feel invincible, but the speaker reminds them that hard work and keeping promises matter. They talk about style as a way to stand out and how the arts help us understand each other. The focus is on doing good work today and feeling proud of the impact it makes.

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Treat people with dignity and respect.

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Find people who will make you better.

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People want to feel hopeful.

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Choose people who lift you up.

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Over the years I've become more confident in people's ability to recognize a good thing.

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People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions.

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My goal is to be a great-looking 70-year-old! I won't mind being 70, but I want people to say, "You're 70?"

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Success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives.

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Here in America, we don't give in to our fears. We don't build up walls to keep people out.

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Today Jazz music is performed & listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages & creeds.

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There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

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For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren't like them.

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Just keep focusing on the work that you're doing. Focus on what's in front of you today. And don't read the papers,…

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A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads... Now young people can get insurance…

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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…

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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…

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I try to tell young people to get in shape now, because it's easier. If you're 30 and want to drop 10…

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If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've…

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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…

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What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view…

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When you're really trying to make serious change, you don't want people to get caught up in emotion because change isn't emotion.…

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I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about…

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We learned about gratitude and humility, that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us…

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And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in…

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We are living in a time where we just don't have enough time. People are rushed. They're over worked, over scheduled. Not…

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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…

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When I'm unhappy with something, people know, because I don't want to hold on to it. I'd rather deal immediately with the…

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These are things that we hear from military families everywhere we go. But it - on PTSD, the thing that I want…

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One thing I want to clarify - that every service member, veteran, wants us to remember - is that the vast majority…

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I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything…

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I was out there meeting with a lot of working moms and whenever I would gather a group of women, there was…

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You know, you have to start with hope...you don't get anywhere in this country without hope. So it's a necessity. What Barack…

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We all grew up in communities with grandmothers who cooked two, three vegetables that you had to eat. There was no ifs,…

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Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

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Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will…

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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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I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

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When you're not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it's important for…

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People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration.…

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And what has been just completely heart warming is to see that people are really hungry for something different.

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It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position.

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You work hard for what you want in life.

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One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract…

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my…

We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when…

We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every…

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.

I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and all of our sons and daughters;…