- Dior
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe we should utilise any power we have for important issues that are bigger and beyond us. Whether it's with refugees or working to educate kids. I don't think you need to have gone through a civil war to do something. I believe as human beings, we can look out for each other.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my friends talk about childhood, I've never heard of any cartoons or TV they remember. The only thing we share is Michael Jackson. That's how far his music travelled - to a remote village on the other side of the world.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had serious psoriasis as a child - it's strange that I make my living off my looks after years of looking like a monster.
- Pleasant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had jobs from the age of 14, when I arrived in London as a refugee. Aged 17, I'd get up at 4 A.M. to work as a cleaner before school. It wasn't pleasant.
- Gel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use Johnson & Johnson! I use their baby oil gel.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to do everything we can to protect the health and welfare of children around the world, but fortunately, it's getting easier to provide things like medication and care.
- Nov 07, 2020
There's never too much you can do.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
At times, we take freedom for granted. We really don't know how to cherish the freedom we have until it's taken from us.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going back to South Sudan after the independence took place was deeply emotional for me because I had gone through the civil war with my family just before going to seek refuge in London.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that where you come from is very important because that's what makes you who you are. So for me, whatever I've gone through had profoundly shaped me; it has given me strength and unwavering faith.
- Nightmares
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was the most exciting thing to leave secondary school and go to college, to have that freedom to study whatever I wanted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could never understand why other kids wanted to truant - my education here gave me everything. It's the place where I really got to flourish.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and get paid to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it's not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020