Michelle Obama (11 page)

"If you pick a college": Bill Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law,"
Providence Journal,
February 10, 2008.

"I knew him, and I knew his study habits": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

CHAPTER
4

"Take Catherine out of school": Sally Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama,"
Boston Globe,
June 15, 2008.

"Catherine is from the South": Brian Feagans, "Georgian Recalls Rooming with Michelle Obama,"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
April 13, 2008.

"her secret shame": Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction,"
New York Times,
June 18, 2008.

"Sometimes that's the thing you sense": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."

"I cannot tell you": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."

"The whole temper and tradition": Mundy,
Michelle,
61. Also: Tad Bennicoff, "African Americans and Princeton University: A Brief History," March 11, 2005, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University (
www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/African_Americans.shtml
).

"He told her it was not possible": Esther Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85,"
Daily Princetonian,
November 5, 2008.

"overwhelmed": Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law."

"Mom, Michelle's here telling people": Collins, "The Other Obama."

"did not feel comfortable in the eating clubs": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."

"[We] did everything the Orthodox students did": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."

"I could not go a week without hearing that": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."

"The Third World Center was our life": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."

"My experiences at Princeton: Michelle Obama, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community," thesis submitted for fulfillment of undergraduate degree, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985.

"It was awkward": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.

"I get that all time from the Chinese kids": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.

"We weren't sure whether": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

"She was not an assimilationist": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."

CHAPTER
5

"We knew you would do this": Mundy,
Michelle,
85.

"If I could do this over": Mundy,
Michelle,
78.

"The thing about these wonderful schools": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."

"I had dated a lot of brothers": Mendell,
Obama,
93–94.

CHAPTER
6

"There would be no reason for me to dislike": Bakst, "Brown Coach Robinson a Strong Voice for Brother-in-law Obama."

"My parents weren't very optimistic":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."

"Lovely": Obama,
Audacity of Hope,
316.

"I thought, 'Now how would that look?'": Mendell,
Obama,
94.

"I'm not worrying about dating": West, "Her Plan Went Awry, but Michelle Obama Doesn't Mind."

"She had all these little facts about him": Mundy,
Michelle,
95.

"Come on": Obama,
Audacity of Hope,
316.

"Guess what?": Rossi, "Obama's Anchor."

"First impression": Mark Patinkin, "Obama's Got Game, Says Brother-in-law,"
Providence Journal,
March 1, 2008.

"We gave it a month": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."

"He was just another one": Henneberger, "Michelle Obama Interview: Her Father's Daughter."

"My father and I had a theory," "Oh, no": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."

"I was happy to report," "he was confident": Patinkin, "Obama's Got Game, Says Brother-in-law."

"My sister is one tough girl": Bill Reynolds, "Welcome to Obama's Family,"
Providence Journal,
February 15, 2007. "He was able to articulate a vision": Gwen Ifill, "Michelle Obama: Beside Barack,"
Essence,
August 2008. "He could've gone to Wall Street": Jay Newton-Small, "Michelle's Savvy Sacrifice,"
Time,
August 25, 2008. "He talked about the simple notion": Henneberger, "Michelle Obama Interview: Her Father's Daughter."

"There was a glimmer": Obama,
Audacity of Hope,
317.

"We would have this running debate": Collins, "The Other Obama."

CHAPTER
7

"If I died in four months," "You can make money": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

"she would have been a superstar": Rossi, "Obama's Anchor."

"I looked out at my neighborhood": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."

"Don't you want to pay": Newton-Small, "Michelle's Savvy Sacrifice."

"I'm sure at Sidley": Newton-Small, "Michelle's Savvy Sacrifice."

"I did exactly": Mary Mitchell, "'A Girl from the South Side' Talks,"
Chicago Sun-Times,
August 5, 2007.

"I offered her a job": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

"At a time when": Newton-Small, "Michelle's Savvy Sacrifice."

"It sounded risky": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

"She had incredibly high expectations": Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."

"We had a big gala": Collins, "The Other Obama."

"She let nothing slide": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."

"Real change": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."

"She built it to last": Rossi, "Obama's Anchor."

CHAPTER
8

"I grew up five minutes": Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."

"My wife's anger": Obama,
Audacity of Hope,
328.

"I spent a lot of time": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."

"I'm loving every day": Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law."

"The big issue around the Senate": Mendell,
Obama,
151–52.

"Just don't screw it up, buddy": Obama,
Audacity of Hope,
359.

"There's not a liberal America": Barack Obama, Remarks to Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, July 27, 2004.

"Daddy, are you going to be," "Well, Senator": Mendell,
Obama,
303–4.

CHAPTER
9

"I'd like to teach": Mendell,
Obama,
101.

"I took myself down": Ifill, "Michelle Obama: Beside Barack."

"Eventually I thought": Henneberger, "Michelle Obama Interview: Her Father's Daughter."

"Yeah, I'm a little tired": Ifill, "Michelle Obama: Beside Barack."

"Michelle is such a disciplinarian": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."

"It's harder for him":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."

"Occasionally, it gives people heartburn": Collins, "The Other Obama."

"You are amazed": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."

"I'd have to think about that":
Good Morning America,
ABC News, February 4, 2008.

"It's like I can't think out loud": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."

"for the first time": Michelle Obama, Remarks at campaign stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 18, 2008.

"When a team is down": Patinkin, "Obama's Got Game, Says Brother-in-law."

"magical ... Tinkerbell": Kristen Gelineau, "Would-be First Lady Drifts into Rock Star Territory," Associated Press, March 30, 2008.

"I don't think I can": Richard Wolffe, "I Can Only Be Who I Can Be,"
Newsweek,
February 25, 2008.

"Barack and I": Michelle Obama, Remarks at the Democratic National Convention, August 25, 2008.