Liya Kebede Quotes
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I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.
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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.
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There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'
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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.
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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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We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.
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I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.
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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.
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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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I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.
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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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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.
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The world needs our mothers.
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I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.
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For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.
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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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Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.
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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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I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.'
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It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
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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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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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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.
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Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.