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When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.
Waris Dirie
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Waris Dirie
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 21
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
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If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.
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Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.
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FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind
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Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.
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Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.
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My family is and will always stay the most important to me.
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My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.
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In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.
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Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.
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Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.
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I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.
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Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.
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Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.
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I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.
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I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.
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I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.
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