"Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, Iâ€™ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. Iâ€™m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scaredâ€¦. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I canâ€™t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because thatâ€™s what Iâ€™ve done all my life."

-- Waris Dirie

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