I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

If you don't have a dream in life, I don't know what you have. You have to want something beyond your reach; it's exciting when it works out.

Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong.

Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.

Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?

I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.