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Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.
Waris Dirie
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Waris Dirie
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 21
Autobiographer
Feminist
Film Actor
Goodwill Ambassador
Model
Novelist
Writer
Galcaio
Galkayo
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Hatred
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Peace
War
Mother
Nature
Love
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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.
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