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“The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.”
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“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”
Source : Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.40, PublicAffairs
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“To be a visionary parent, we need to keep working on ourselves, becoming forever new and improved.”
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“If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble.”
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“Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.”
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“Oddly, though, lists are reassuring. We become aware of this if we scrupulously follow a recipe, which is essentially a list of ingredients and actions; but if we give this 'list' too much importance, we leave no room for the imagination.”
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“The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.”
Source : Commencement speech, Stanford University, June 17, 2007.
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“If we want to understand the distinctive constitution of Europe, we must go back to its religious foundations. For the moral beliefs which Christianity fostered still underpin civil society in Europe, the institutions that surround us.”
