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“I was a box-checker – marching to the resolute beat of effort/results, effort/results – a devoted follow of the established path”

Quote by Michelle Obama

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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States, was born on January 17, 1964. She is known for her elegant image, active social engagement, and commitment to education. During her time in the White House, she focused on children's health and nutrition issues, promoting a series of social reforms. more

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“¿Si no puedes ser disciplinado en las pequeñas cosas como tender la cama por las mañanas o doblar y colgar tus pantalones por la noche, cómo esperas ser disciplinado para las grandes cosas como empezar esa gran novela, empezar un nuevo negocio o tener el cuerpo de tus sueños?”

“The brain is more like a muscle and less like a storage area. If you really want to be a writer, you should want to write a lot. If you want to write a lot, then you need to be in training. You are preparing to run marathons, not emptying a suitcase. Learning new languages, acquiring new vocabulary, keeping yourself in various forms of constant logocentric discipline is one of the best things you can do. And language acquisition is nothing if not logocentric discipline.”

“I am now convinced that adolescents do not rebel against parents. They only rebel against certain destructive methods of discipline almost universally employed by parents. Turmoil and dissension in families can be the exception, not the rule, when parents learn to substitute a new method of resolving conflicts.”