When you're First Lady, America shows itself to you in its extremes. I've been to fund-raisers in private homes that look more like art museums, houses where people own bathtubs made from gemstones. I've visited families who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and were tearful and grateful just to have a working refrigerator and stove. I've encountered people I find to be shallow and hypocritical and others - teachers and military spouses and so many more - whose spirits are so deep and strong it's astonishing. And I've met kids - lots of them, all over the world - who crack me up and fill me with hope and who blessedly manage to forget about my title once we start rooting around in the dirt of a garden.
- from Becoming book by Michelle Obama
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