It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once — to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress. - Michelle Obama
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It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once — to have one’s feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress.
Michelle LeVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer who is a former First Lady of the United States as the wife of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America.
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
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First Lady Michelle Obama
...if you truly wish to carry on the Oberlin legacy of service and social justice, then you need to run to, and not away from, the noise. Today, I want to urge you to actively seek out the most contentious, polarized, gridlocked places you can find. Because so often, throughout our history, those have been the places where progress really happens—the places where minds are changed, lives transformed, where our great American story unfolds.'''
I have had to learn that my voice has value. And if I don't use it, what's the point of being in the room?
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