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Quotes by First-lady
"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."
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"Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help."
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"I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall want to come out of their frames for a friendly chat."
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"Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others."
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"When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell."
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"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one."
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"It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do."
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"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."
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"And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take."
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"My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?"
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"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."
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"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."
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"A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight."
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"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."
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"We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them."
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"If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."
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"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk."
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"Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls."
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"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."
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"So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others."
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"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."
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"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."
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"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."
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"You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat."
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"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"
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"I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things."
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"Every time you meet a situation though you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the torture of the damned once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you were before."
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"Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place."
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"And let's be clear: It's not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren't healthy. It's also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy."
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"The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know."
Man,
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"He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist."
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"But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted."
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"Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family."
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"I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up."
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"I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world."
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"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all."
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"One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness."
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"Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice."
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"Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world."
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"Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man."
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"We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday."
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"I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder."
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"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way."
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"Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice."
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"Somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."
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"No one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone."
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