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" I was the most tired 11-year-old in the world. "

Clemantine Wamariya

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" One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the end of month. People work together in cleaning streets, planting trees, and take care of each other by facilitating productive conversations and actions that are beneficial for the society. "

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" I hate light... I feel like at night, it's safer. If anything happens, there's a way to hide at night. Another thing I hate about light is it reminds me about being in a refugee camp and being outside. "

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" Safety should be a birthright. "

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" There are a lot of great people everywhere. And there are also a lot of not so great people. "

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" We are all neighbors. Be kind. Be gentle. "

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" I don't think in a linear form. "

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" I never thought that being a public speaker would teach me so much about life and make it so beautiful as well. "

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" My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother's huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people. "

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" No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea. "

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" We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you can be a victim of it anywhere and anytime. "

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" People say you can't change the world. But you can change people. "

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" I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda. "

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" I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility. "

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" I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing. "

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" Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me. "

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" Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away. "

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" Every single person on the planet has equal humanity. "

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" When you receive an education, you pass it on. "

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" There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things. "

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" I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and puts me in a box. "

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" Children tell the truth. "

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" The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative. "

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" If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice. "

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" Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think of things in binary form: either as possible or, more frequently, impossible. "

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" Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "

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" In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them thinking that we were dead, we reunited... in the most dramatic, American way possible. Live, on television. "

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" It's taken a lot of years for me to learn how to share my story. "

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" It has taken me so many years to finally be in my bed and fall asleep for six hours. "

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" As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives. "

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