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" 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
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" I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life. "
Michelle Obama
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Early
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" I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free. "
Michelle Obama
Potential
Places
People
" 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
" As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids. "
Michelle Obama
Responsibility
Best
Know
" We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can't just pop off or lash out irrationally. "
Michelle Obama
Need
White
Decisions
" And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. "
Michelle Obama
Mother
Daughter
Brother
" Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence. "
Michelle Obama
Skills
Confidence
Learn
" You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world. "
Michelle Obama
Day
World
Heart
" Don't judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn't do my laundry. "
Michelle Obama
Judge
Laundry
Underwear
" Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. "
Michelle Obama
Meaningful
Own
Success Is
" It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change. "
Michelle Obama
Hate
Peace
Myself
" Choose people who lift you up. "
Michelle Obama
Lift
Choose
People
" My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. "
Michelle Obama
Seeing
Mother
Love
" 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
" I want kids to know: Don't wait for somebody to come along and tell you you're special. Because that may never happen. "
Michelle Obama
Want
Know
Never
" I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now. "
Michelle Obama
Am
I Am
Now
" I worked with Congress on legislation, gave speeches to CEOs, military generals and Hollywood executives. But I also worked to ensure that my efforts would resonate with kids and families - and that meant doing things in a creative and unconventional way. So, yeah, I planted a garden and hula-hooped on the White House lawn with kids. "
Michelle Obama
Garden
Creative
House
" I always say that women should wear whatever makes them feel good about themselves. That's what I always try to do. "
Michelle Obama
Good
Feel
Feel Good
" Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables. "
Michelle Obama
Parents
Water
Time
" I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world. "
Michelle Obama
World
Thought
Smart
" I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to meet with service members, to sit down with our veterans - because we would think differently about our challenges as individuals. "
Michelle Obama
Opportunity
Challenges
Service
" I've said this time and again: My greatest concern coming into the White House was making sure my girls came out whole and normal, and decent and kind, just like I would expect them to if we were living on the South Side of Chicago. And it takes work to keep White House life normal for the kids. "
Michelle Obama
Life
Chicago
Time
" We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president - and the president alone - who always makes the final call. "
Michelle Obama
Best
You
Opinions
" 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
" 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
" People want to feel hopeful. "
Michelle Obama
Hopeful
Want
Feel
" 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
" Whether we're Democrats, Republicans, or independents - it does not matter. We all understand that an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of us. "
Michelle Obama
Matter
Understand
Attack
" I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are. "
Michelle Obama
Change
Being
You
" Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be. "
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Exactly
Imagine
Would