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" I will not run for president. No, nope, not going to do it. "
Michelle Obama
Will
President
Going
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" Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren't empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we're not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind. "
Michelle Obama
Society
World
America
" Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice. "
Michelle Obama
Family
Restaurant
Together
" Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius. "
Michelle Obama
Talent
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Life
" I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old. "
Michelle Obama
Woman
I Am
Health
" I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now. "
Michelle Obama
Am
I Am
Now
" We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect. "
Michelle Obama
Success
School
Respect
" Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables. "
Michelle Obama
Saying
Say
Dessert
" When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don't just sit around thinking about it or talking about it - they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe. "
Michelle Obama
Loved
Men
Talking
" One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don't prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list. "
Michelle Obama
Life
Yourself
Time
" 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
Women
Mother
I Am
" My family didn't have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, 'Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?' And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career. "
Michelle Obama
Mother
Money
Heart
" Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. "
Michelle Obama
Meaningful
Own
Success Is
" Right now, when we're hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been - and will always be - our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States. "
Michelle Obama
Pride
Remember
Diversity
" Do not be afraid to ask for help. Nobody gets through college on their own. "
Michelle Obama
College
Nobody
Own
" Hillary doesn't play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime - yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman. "
Michelle Obama
She
Day
Experience
" The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know. "
Michelle Obama
Going
You
Shot
" If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. "
Michelle Obama
Test
You
Performance
" The issues that cross a president's desk are never easy. The easy questions don't even get to the president. "
Michelle Obama
President
Never
Easy
" When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously. "
Michelle Obama
Job
Someone
Start
" I want a president with a record of public service: someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase form and fortune for ourselves; we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed. "
Michelle Obama
Children
Fight
Work
" When it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you know. There are just some times you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means you've got to set those phones down. "
Michelle Obama
World
Social Media
Space
" There are definitely designers that I love, people I love to work with. And who they are as people matters. Are they good people? Do they treat their staff well? Do they treat my staff well? Are they young? Can I give them a boost? But when all of that is equal... is it cute? "
Michelle Obama
Work
Love
Good
" Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list. "
Michelle Obama
Job
Mental Health
Time
" I'm a fry lover. "
Michelle Obama
Fry
Lover
" Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. "
Michelle Obama
Blessed
Live
Me
" My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe. "
Michelle Obama
Job
Know
Universe
" Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say. "
Michelle Obama
Say
Day
Experience
" Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization. I served as an associate dean at a university. And I couldn't imagine how a baby would fit into all of that. "
Michelle Obama
Government
Loved
Youth
" 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 the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse. "
Michelle Obama
Losing
White
You
" If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream. "
Michelle Obama
Great
Love
Proud