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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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We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.
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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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Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.
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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 belong nowhere and to no one.
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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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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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Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.
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Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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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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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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Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.
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Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.
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Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.
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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 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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Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.
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