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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth. "

" 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. "

" President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers. "

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

" Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The world needs our mothers. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "