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the day, my most important title is still “mominchief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my ,勝過一切的是這個(gè)國(guó)家的故事,一個(gè)希望不死,斗志永存的勵(lì)志傳說,我的故事,巴拉克的故事,和千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)美國(guó)人的故事,也因此成真,今天我不僅是第一夫人,也不僅是代表一個(gè)妻子,每當(dāng)一天的工作結(jié)束,我的身份就只是一個(gè)操心的媽媽,我的女兒仍是我的心頭肉,我世界的中心。親身經(jīng)歷告訴我,如果要想給我的女兒和全天下的孩子創(chuàng)造一個(gè)美好的世界,如果我們想給他們一個(gè)夢(mèng)想的基礎(chǔ)和一展抱負(fù)的機(jī)遇,如果我們想讓他們相信一切皆有可能,讓他們相信在美國(guó),只要努力就一定能有回報(bào),那么我們比任何時(shí)候,任何人都更加努力。s service and sacrifice...and we will always have your the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling all across this everywhere I39。ve seen it in teachers in a nearbankrupt school district who vowed to keep teaching without 39。ve seen it in our men and women in uniform and our proud military families...in wounded warriors who tell me they39。d give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what I have done and what I can still do.”Every day, the people I meet inspire me...every day, they make me proud...every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on as your First Lady is an honor and a privilege...but back when we first came together four years ago, I still had some concerns about this journey we39。s house...and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn39。d found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too when Barack started telling me about his family – that39。s what it meant to be a so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life – being able to earn a decent living that allowed him to support his as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though he39。s family continued to scrape day after day, she kept on waking up at dawn to catch the bus...arriving at work before anyone else...giving her best without plaint or she would often tell Barack, “So long as you kids do well, Bar, that39。s success or care that others had much more than they did...in fact, they admired simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don39。s what we learned from their learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make...that helping others means more than just getting ahead learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters...that you don39。s who we standing before you four years ago, I knew that I didn39。ve seen how the issues that e across a President39。s why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal 39。s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to did it because he believes that here in America, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine...our kids should be able to see a doctor when they39。s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of in the end, for Barack, these issues aren39。re from, or what we look like, or who we he believes that when you39。s about the difference you make in people39。s the man I see in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent letter from the father struggling to pay his bills...from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance pany won39。ve got to keep working to fix 39。s never forgotten how he love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he39。t care whether you39。re all sweating it – when we39。s who we are as Americans...it39。t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward...with patience and wisdom, and courage and he reminds me that we are playing a long game here...and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at eventually we get there, we always get there because of folks like my Dad...folks like Barack39。s always ready to listen to good ideas...he39。s hard – especially when it39。s what drives Barack Obama every single I didn39。t believe what these folks are going through, Michelle...it39。s the same man who, when our girls were first born, would anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensure they were still breathing, proudly showing them off to everyone we 39。s the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those munities and get folks back to work...because for Barack, success isn39。re Barack knows what it means when a family knows what it means to want something more for your kids and knows the American Dream because he39。s what my husband stands it es to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could39。s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again – jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of it es to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another didn39。s thinking about the pride that es from a hard day39。t change who you are – it reveals who you see, I39。t count unless you earn it fair and learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone39。re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and 39。t asking for didn39。d been brought up just like was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed 39。t have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable – their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for father was a pump opera