Quote of the day by Michelle Obama: Former first lady Michelle Obama gave her most insightful thought on failure in her memoir Becoming, where she spoke about her childhood in Chicago, her growing up, and her mother, Marian Robinson. The poignant quote appeared as she spoke about her school Bryn Mawr, which was a medium to good school, but it suddenly became a victim of some fearmongering that the school was becoming a 'ghetto'.