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...long of ... about arms. No, well, that's part of the process. But does that change what I do, who I am? No. The one thing that I said in one of the interviews, which is one of my personal philosophies and it didn't come from this experience, it just came over life, is that in life you've got to make choices that make sense for you, because there's always going to be somebody who'll think you should do something differently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...comfortable in the choice and it resonates with you, then all that other stuff ... it's just conversation. People have the right to have conversations. But I think that's one thing we as women sometimes do; we don't make choices that have meaning to us. And then when those things fall apart, you have to have yourself to fall back on. You have to own the choices that you make, and hopefully they're yours to begin with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...think that the thing is just separating out that conversation and having it. Why do we feel that way? For me, I agree with you. I mean, I look at the trade-off in terms of ... you know, I am 45 years old. When this is over, and my kids are grown, I'll be ... do the math - four, eight years, depends on where you take it - I'll still be in the prime of my professional life as far as I see it. I've always seen that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

With all that preparation, I still get the sense, watching you at some of these events and talking with people around you, that there's still a surprise at the symbolic power and the ability to have ... to actually be in the middle of doing these things. There's still sort of a sense of realizing as it happens that this is actually ... could be a pretty important thing you're doing. For me? Surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...think it's too late for ... you know, I think the expectation days are gone. We're in it, and it is what it is right now. And that might have been a good thing for me, just unknowingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with the First Lady | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

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