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" In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place. "
Liya Kebede
World
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" 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. "
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" No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. "
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" It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong. "
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" Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place. "
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" The world needs our mothers. "
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" Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that. "
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" I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.' "
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" 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. "
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" I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist. "
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