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Becoming

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lad

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“Even if we didn’t know the context, we were instructed to remember that context existed.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

Tagged: Context

“My father taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word. My mother showed me how to think for myself and to use my voice.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

Tagged: Parents, What I Learned From My Parents

“Looking back on it now, I think my parents appreciated my feistiness and I’m glad for it. It was a flame inside me they wanted to keep lit.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

“Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt and then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

Tagged: Failure, vulnerability

“Since stepping reluctantly into public life, I’ve been held up as the most powerful woman in the world and taken down as an “angry black woman.” I’ve wanted to ask my detractors which part of that phrase matters to them the most—is it “angry” or “black” or “woman”? I’ve smiled for photos with people…”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

“I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

Tagged: Growing Up, Getting Older, Choosing A Career

“Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.”

— Michelle Obama, amazon.com

Tagged: Story, Your Story, Life