Michelle Obama: 10 quotes on her birthday

Check out these quotes by America's First Lady on her 49th birthday.

2. On Change

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"Just like his grandmother, he [Barack Obama] just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. 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 once. But eventually we get there, we always do."

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