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MICHELLE HODKIN I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away. MICHELLE ROWEN Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I ha... MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need s... MICHELLE OBAMA I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope... MICHELLE MONAGHAN Our pasts define us, but we don’t have to let them rule us. P.T. MICHELLE As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army bra... MICHELLE SHOCKED Thanks. Seriously, you must have better things to do with your life than waste it on the hopeless?'<... MICHELLE HODKIN I have people who love me and people that I love and a man that I love. So in that sense, I feel tha... MICHELLE YEOH I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I ... MICHELLE WILLIAMS I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour... MICHELLE KWAN How was Savannah supposed to pretend this glamorous life was what she’d always known? She was from... MICHELLE MADOW I'm only trying to pull my own weight. I don't want to be a liability.' She reached out, smili... MICHELLE ZINK I'm not very good with anything physical...' she began as they turned down a hallway she had never s... MICHELLE ZINK Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that h... MICHELLE BACHELET Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be ca... MICHELLE RYAN I want to be able to leave behind an infrastructure and a road map for any of my dreamers to follow.... MICHELLE PHAN I think that weird rumor or idea in Hollywood that people don't want to see female-driven movies... MICHELLE MONAGHAN A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my f... MICHELLE FORBES One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebo... MICHELLE OBAMA I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a ... MICHELLE BRANCH I did something brave, then. Or stupid. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. MICHELLE HODKIN They rattled my cage to see if I'd bite. When they released me, they'd see that the answer was yes. MICHELLE HODKIN I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear. MICHELLE HODKIN You’re stronger than you believe. Don’t let your fear own you. Own yourself. MICHELLE HODKIN You like them," I realized. Noah's eyebrows lifted in question. "Like as people." "As... MICHELLE HODKIN I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my ... MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG I'm homemade. I upload my videos in my living room; I edit everything, and I upload on my laptop... MICHELLE PHAN The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was covered in blood. The second thi... MICHELLE HODKIN The villain is the hero of her own story. MICHELLE HODKIN You don’t get what you do for him. You’re like his manic pixie dream girl or something.” Jamie... MICHELLE HODKIN Do not find peace. Find passion. Find something you want to die for more than something you want to ... MICHELLE HODKIN You think it can't get worse than wanting someone and not having them, but it can. You can want some... MICHELLE HODKIN I have no clue. I have ovaries; therefore, I repel all things mechanical. MICHELLE LEIGHTON A sob caught in my chest. I didn't even know what a gray was, other than a drab color. All I knew wa... MICHELLE ROWEN Some things must be done however much we wish to avoid them. MICHELLE ZINK I might have been in love with the idea of her. I might have loved the attention. But I didn’t lov... MICHELLE DALTON Found in trees. Sometimes also in old silent movie theaters, seaside zoos, magic shops, hat shops, t... MICHELLE CUEVAS When you're doing a job, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability and you don'... MICHELLE FAIRLEY You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth. MICHELLE MEAD Writing was the antijob, the fuck you to all jobs, her claim on her autonomy, what kept her feral an... MICHELLE TEA You can’t get lost if you have nowhere to be. MICHELLE TEA We talked about whether or not we should invite him as a witness, and decided not to, because first ... MICHELLE GRESS We're absolutely thrilled and we really appreciate the community's support in this initiative. At th... MICHELLE IRWIN