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" For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season. "

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" Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place. "

" No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. "

" It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much beauty there. When you go, it changes everything. It changes you, your life, and the way you see things. The challenge is changing the image of Africa that's been anchored in people for years now. "

" When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage. "

" What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother. "

" I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it. "

" It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money. "

" The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts. "

" Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is. "

" One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything. "

" I want to spend as much time as possible with my children, so I always like to keep my beauty and fashion routines effortless... but still chic! "

" In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place. "

" It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person. "

" There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.' "

" Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise. "

" I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child. "

" Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide. "

" When I see Lemlem walking around New York City, it's just mind-boggling, because I know it came from this one man sitting and weaving this little product. "

" It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable. "

" When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished. "

" Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that. "

" I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion. "

" I know how much parents love buying clothes for their kids and how they want to give them something new in the closet. "

" When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success. "

" Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers. "

" The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it. "

" If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try. "

" I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it. "

" Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives. "

" First I became U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for WHO, and that was in 2005. And then, about a year or so later, I decided to start my foundation. "