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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.
— Michelle Obama
Former First Lady of the United States
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Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy (Public domain)
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