I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf. — Liya Kebede Always Copy Share Image
It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality. — Liya Kebede Brand Copy Share Image
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. — Liya Kebede Birth Copy Share Image
There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.' — Liya Kebede Africa Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person. — Liya Kebede Difficult Copy Share Image
Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place. — Liya Kebede Care Copy Share Image
I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure! — Liya Kebede About Copy Share Image
I want to spend as much time as possible with my children, so I always like to keep my beauty and fashion… — Liya Kebede Always Copy Share Image
Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives. — Liya Kebede Attend Copy Share Image
The best lesson that I've learned from my mother is that she just never accepted no for an answer and I think… — Liya Kebede Accepted Copy Share Image
I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college. — Liya Kebede Become Copy Share Image
I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying. — Liya Kebede Contribute Copy Share Image
I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because… — Liya Kebede Always Copy Share Image
In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better… — Liya Kebede Better Copy Share Image
There are things that I will always shoot, but now that the modeling and acting worlds are becoming very close, you can… — Liya Kebede Acting Copy Share Image
Helping others isn't a chore, it is one of the greatest gifts there is. I want to challenge the next generation of… — Liya Kebede Challenges Copy Share Image
When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean… — Liya Kebede Alive Copy Share Image
The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also… — Liya Kebede Campaign Copy Share Image
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment… — Liya Kebede Commitment Copy Share Image
Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought… — Liya Kebede Abandoned Copy Share Image
Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the… — Liya Kebede Babies Copy Share Image
I think you should really research your cause, see if there are other people who are already doing the same thing you're… — Liya Kebede Collaborating Copy Share Image
If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big… — Liya Kebede Ability Copy Share Image
President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding. — Liya Kebede Aid Copy Share Image
I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.' — Liya Kebede Been Copy Share Image
I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong. — Liya Kebede Dream Copy Share Image
I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that. — Liya Kebede Always Copy Share Image
We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers. — Liya Kebede End Copy Share Image
Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that. — Liya Kebede Able Copy Share Image
One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything. — Liya Kebede Change Copy Share Image
Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is. — Liya Kebede Chores Copy Share Image
The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it. — Liya Kebede Africa Copy Share Image
I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child. — Liya Kebede Been Copy Share Image
What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother. — Liya Kebede About Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. — Liya Kebede Accessible Copy Share Image
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth. — Liya Kebede Childbirth Copy Share Image
For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season. — Liya Kebede Accessories Copy Share Image
