People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.
There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership.
Love should be that person that inspires you to be a better person.
I approached UNHCR because I believe in what the United Nations. I believe refugees are the most vulnerable people in the world. They are affected by everything, including landmines. They are vulnerable to everything.
I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing.
I honestly want to help. I don’t believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.
When someone loves you, and when you make someone happy, you suddenly start to feel the most beautiful person in the world.
I eat steamed sea bass and vegetables, and I have no sugar, and only drink soy milk.
Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.
I’m much happier and more fulfilled than I thought I would ever be, especially when I was going through a lot of grief when I was younger. I hope it lasts.
Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.
I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much I had to learn, like the history of the people.
Women and girls are bearing the brunt of extremists that revel in treating them barbarically. This is inextricably linked to our overall failure to prevent and end conflicts worldwide, which is causing human suffering on an unprecedented level.
It’s the greatest thing that ever happened in my life, my son.
I’m at a strange place I suppose in my life. I think that what happens when you lose a parent, where you lose-you drop into a different kind of serious.
For whatever reason, I don’t know why, but Cambodians learned something in their suffering and their struggle that we have lost touch with.
That just sounds so funny, A-list. Really, I’m a mom, and that’s how I’m going to be all my life.
If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.
The cost of testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2, at more than $3,000 in the United States, remains an obstacle for many women.
To actually feel like you’ve done something good with your life and you’re useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.