"As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all."
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"Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard."
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"Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, 'Who are you as a person?' Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn't know. And, more important, how does he treat you?"
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"We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list."
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"I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning."
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"I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are."
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"Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you."
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"My goal has always been to add value, not to be redundant, not to get in the way, but to do things that lift and move things forward in a very strategic and objective way so that there are real outcomes."
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"Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude."
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"We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square."
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"We have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be."
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"I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity."
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"Find people who will make you better."
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"Be passionate about something and lean to that strength."
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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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"Childhood obesity isn't some simple, discrete issue. There's no one cause we can pinpoint. There's no one program we can fund to make it go away. Rather, it's an issue that touches on every aspect of how we live and how we work."
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"I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable."
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"The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. That is their power -- to remind us of what we each have to offer, and what we all have in common. To help us understand our history and imagine our future. To give us hope in the moments of struggle and to bring us together when nothing else will."
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"Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love."
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"My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong."
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