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Set goals but be flexible.
Safety should be a birthright.
I don't think in a linear form.
Sharing presumes and creates equality.
We are all neighbors. Be kind. Be gentle.
When you receive an education, you pass it on.
When you're in survival mode, you numb yourself.
Every single person on the planet has equal humanity.
Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away.
Always strive to be a better you for you and for other.
I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda.
No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea.
We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred.
People say you can't change the world. But you can change people.
I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility.
My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups.
It has taken me so many years to finally be in my bed and fall asleep for six hours.
Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo.
There are a lot of great people everywhere. And there are also a lot of not so great people.
You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.
My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one.
I want people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story.
Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction.
I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today.
I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it.
I never thought that being a public speaker would teach me so much about life and make it so beautiful as well.
From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted.
I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and puts me in a box.
The tradition of Umuganda is a beautiful and inspiring one. It connects people to their surrounds and creates a responsible community.
Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.
Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to fight injustices any way I am able.
Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender, or your race.
I truly hope readers learn to believe in their imaginations and their ability to shape their own lives. That's what 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads' means to me.
Growing up in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, I had a wonderful life, one that I have not experienced anywhere since, even after living in nine countries.
I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing.
We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you can be a victim of it anywhere and anytime.
There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.
I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you high, and it's so not fair to you and to everybody else.
I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences.
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also through other people's support and belief in me.
'Night' may be one of the most important books that people can read today. It is a story of how hate can slowly take over a society. It shows what happens when people are dehumanized.
Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think of things in binary form: either as possible or, more frequently, impossible.
I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels.
I hate light... I feel like at night, it's safer. If anything happens, there's a way to hide at night. Another thing I hate about light is it reminds me about being in a refugee camp and being outside.
I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and ate lunch. I had a childhood that I would wish for anyone.
The world is part of us, and we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that. I believe in the human spirit, in the kindness in all of us, and I am hopeful for this world.
My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them thinking that we were dead, we reunited... in the most dramatic, American way possible. Live, on television.
It is so important to share experiences with one another. Humans are so often in their own heads and not looking to others. But we have to realize that we are always invited to be a part of someone else's story - we are together in this.