"There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women."
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"We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.“
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