What happened to me in Somalia doesn't define me.

My first assignment was 12 weeks in Afghanistan. After that, I covered the Indian election for two months. Then I got a phone call…

— Daniel Berehulak

I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a person.

— Genesis Rodriguez

When you judge someone else, It doesn't define who they are, It defines who you are.

— Anonymous

“Abuse doesn't define you.”

— C. Kennedy

Money doesn't always define basketball.

— Michael Beasley

“The past doesn't define your future”

— Ashley & JaQuavis

MS doesn't define who I am.

— Teri Garr

“Your history doesn’t define you; it creates you.”

— Daniel Abbott

I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of…

— Amanda Lindhout

The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women’s freedoms in southern Somalia – that type of mentality – that’s what…

— Amanda Lindhout

Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.

— Amanda Lindhout

Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that was meant…

— Amanda Lindhout

Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.

— Amanda Lindhout

It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.

— Amanda Lindhout

“After almost seven months in Baghdad, I set my sights on Somalia. The reasons to do it seemed straightforward. Somalia was a mess. There…

— Amanda Lindhout