About Quote by Wadah Khanfar

I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in Africa.

— Janine di Giovanni

If you look at my career path, I was a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations. I helped research a book…

— Hannah Simone

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

— Hannah Simone

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

— Kasie Hunt

I wanted to be a journalist. I used to write articles at university about politics.

— Ana Patricia Botin

I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat.

— Edgar Ramirez

I was an international studies major.

— Anna Chlumsky

I was being groomed as an undergraduate to specialize in Midwestern prehistory, but going back to my teenage days, my interest has always been…

— Donald Johanson

I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.

— Annabelle Wallis

My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I graduated with a foreign affairs/Middle East studies degree with a minor in Arabic from UVA in 2002.

— Margaret Brennan

When I lived in London, I worked at the U.N. for a while as its human rights and refugees officer. I have two degrees,…

— Hannah Simone