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  1. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    This would be the only time in eight years that he'd request my presence in the middle of a workday, the two of us rearranging our schedules to be alone together for a moment of dim comfort. Usually, work was work and home was home, but for us, as for many people, the tragedy in Newtown shattered every window and blew down every fence. When I walked into the Oval Office, Barack and I embraced silently. There was nothing to say. No words.
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  2. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    also wanted to make sure that when I visited a new place as First Lady, I really visited it-meaning that I'd have a chance to meet the people who actually lived there, not just those who governed them. Traveling abroad, I had opportunities that Barack didn't.
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  3. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    Am I good enough? Yes, in fact I am.
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  4. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    The same sun comes up, but looking slightly different from what you know.
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  5. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    Even if we didn't know the context, we were instructed to remember that context existed.
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  6. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.
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  7. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    I just wanted to achieve. Or maybe I didn't want to be dismissed as incapable of achievement.
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  8. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    Fulfillment, I'm sure, struck her as a rich person's conceit."
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  9. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    They're not special at all. The South Side is filled with kids like that.
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  10. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    When Barack was first elected, various commentators had naively declared that our country was entering a "postracial" era, in which skin color would no longer matter. Here was proof of how wrong they'd been. As Americans obsessed over the threat of terrorism, many were overlooking the racism and tribalism that were tearing our nation apart.
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  11. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    Optics would always rule our lives.
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  12. Michelle Obama _ Becoming

    When voters got to see me as a person, they understood that the caricatures were untrue. I've learned that it's harder to hate up close.
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