"Like so many American families, our families weren't……" — Michelle Obama
"Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it."
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Michelle Obama
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209 Quotes by Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama has 209 quotes on this site.
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I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.'
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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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There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.
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Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our…
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We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.
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When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind…
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If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a…
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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…
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Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along…
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Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions…
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Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys ... Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house…
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Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it - and he wants everyone in this country to have that…
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More Admired Quotes
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
— John Adams
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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
— Aeschylus
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I can't say I ever loved my mother; I admired her.
— Humphrey Bogart
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My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.
— Sandra Bullock
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Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first…
— Nicolas Cage
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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
— Michael Caine
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My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.
— Jimmy Carter
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Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia…
— Tracy Chapman
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I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.
— Hillary Clinton
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
— Jean Cocteau
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As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats…
— Leonard Cohen
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I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers…
— Piers Anthony
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