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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success. "

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

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

" 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. "