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" What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother. "
Liya Kebede
Mother
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" 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. "
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" I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college. "
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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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Trust
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Me
" Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place. "
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Skin
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Good
" Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations. "
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" In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared. "
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Community
" 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. "
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Human Rights
Investment
Women
" 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. "
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Health
World
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" 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. "
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Blood
Even
" 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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Heat
Africa
Desert
" I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that. "
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Always
Chance
Loved
" For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season. "
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Season
Accessories
More
" One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything. "
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Everything
Change
Me
" We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth. "
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Woman
Side
Health
" 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. "
Liya Kebede
First
Foundation
Goodwill
" 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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Gold
Me
Small
" There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.' "
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Find
Africa
Out
" I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying. "
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I Can
Ways
Very
" We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers. "
Liya Kebede
End
Fail
Mothers
" It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money. "
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Opportunity
Give
Someone
" Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives. "
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Childhood
Children
Live
" I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure! "
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Sure
Think
Should
" I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama. "
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Action
Romantic
Love
" In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place. "
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World
Together
Place
" It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality. "
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Personality
Important
Brand
" I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. "
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Easy
Toward
Accessible
" It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable. "
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Aid
Trying
Tricky
" 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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People
Beauty
Challenge
" No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. "
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Birth
Giving
Woman