And her experience there inspired her to devote her own life to serving others, and that young woman happens to be my wife, Michelle Obama. (Applause.) And I've been instructed to convey her gratitude today as well.

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After getting a doctorate in psychology from Loyola University in 1971, Linehan wanted to devote her career to helping the most miserable people in the world.

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They admire how, while she could easily have settled into a comfortable practice in corporate law, she chose instead to devote her life to public service.

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Or perhaps not needing a financial legacy to pass on to her children, she can retire early and devote her time to important causes around the world.

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If and when she does get back on her feet, she wants to devote much of her time to helping people get out of the circumstances that currently have her trapped.

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Better, then, for her reproductive capacity to be curtailed a decade or two before her death, so that she can devote more energy to raising her existing brood, and be more likely to live to do so.

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There was also a finding that she had benefited from the unpaid taxes since they allowed her to devote her own earnings towards the expenses of getting a PhD and sending her children to private schools.

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