- Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:34 pm
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Michelle: Barack 'Has Dragged Me Kicking and Screaming Into Things that I Wanted No Parts Of'. In a question and answer session at Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing, China, First Lady Michelle Obama said that sometimes one needs to do things she's uncomfortable with. She made the comments in response to a question about studying abroad.That will go down in history as the most incomprehensible rant in America history.
"For me, I prefer to -- the relationship -- the commerce relationship between -- and the future. Let’s take my husband, for example. He hasdragged me kicking and screaming into things that I wanted no parts of.And we’re living in a world where we can no longer afford to let fear keep us apart, because the truth -- what I have learned, coming from the background I come from -- I grew up in a little apartment on the South Side of Chicago. My parents didn’t get a chance to go to college, but they poured everything they had into me. And no one could have envisioned that a kid like me would be sitting here, having given a speech at Peking University as the First Lady of the United States.
But easily, fear could have blocked me at every turn. So I want all of the young people around the world to operate with the freedom that we have all fought for -- the freedom to explore the world, to learn about new cultures, to try hard things, to make mistakes. And I know parents want you to be perfect because we want you to be safe -- (laughter) -- but life is about making mistakes,and maybe saying the wrong thing at the wrong time,and learning that you recover from even some of your worst mistakes, so that that fear doesn’t keep you from being as excellent as you can be. So don’t be afraid. Start with your parents.
