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" I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. "

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" 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. "

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

" Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia. "

" I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama. "

" I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong. "

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

" I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life. "

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

" It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality. "

" I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying. "

" 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. "

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

" I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure! "

" 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 don't think we should judge celebrities for doing charity work. Period. Whatever their reasons for doing it, they are shedding light on issues that would otherwise go unnoticed. "

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

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

" I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college. "

" In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared. "

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

" 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. "

" There are things that I will always shoot, but now that the modeling and acting worlds are becoming very close, you can do a little bit of one and more of the other. "

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