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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband. "

" The world needs our mothers. "

" 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. "

" I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "