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Alek Wek

"In my country, families are raised as though they are one. Although I am from the Dinka tribe, my parents didn't raise us as the Dinka tribe. They raised us as the Wek family, in the way they believed their children should grow up. So when you leave, the first thing you think is the ones you left behind. It's natural to help them in any way you can. I found a way to support myself rather than asking my Mum to give me money. I would work before school and send money back to pay for their rent and food."

-- Alek Wek

#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides.”
“When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.”
“If the Latter-day Saints will walk up to their privileges, and exercise faith in the name of Jesus Christ, and live in the enjoyment of the fullness of the Holy Ghost constantly day by day, there is nothing on the face of the earth that they could ask for, that would not be given to them. The Lord is waiting to be very gracious unto this people, and to pour out upon them riches, honor, glory, and power, even that they may possess all things according to the promises He has made through His apostles and prophets.”
“Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.”
“I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal-I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else.”

Source : Hoda Kotb (2010). “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
“Abuse exists because of secrecy. If I can use this platform and talk about it and break the silence, somebody can get the help and support they need. It's such a common problem, and it doesn't need to be. All you have to do is talk about it and break the silence.”
“Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.”
“I didn't really feel I was being hurt, but you could feel it.”

Source : "Love on the rocks". "Dateline NBC" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. February 6, 2014.

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