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My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

Dionne Warwick

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Dionne Warwick
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: December 12
Actor
Musician
Singer
Television Presenter
East Orange
New Jersey
Marie Dionne Warrick
Mandate
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Voiceless

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Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
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Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.
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