No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

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

I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure!

When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.

Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

It is important for me that I represent a brand that reflects my personality.