My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

Dare to be different.

it's good for you to write down your thoughts. It'stherapeutic because it forces you to slow down and think aboutlife.

Opportunity always knocks

So what if you believe it can’t be done. Stop trying to prevent those who do believe from reaching for the stars.

I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.

Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

There have been better attempts at marching, and they have been made by penguins.