I am so impressed by UNHCR staff who live and work side by side with the refugees. It's really remarkable. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes impress live refugee
The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by. Alek Wek beautifulcelebratememory Change image and share on social
Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish. Alek Wek flourishfocusnegative Change image and share on social
I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music. Alek Wek approachartbrooklyn share on social
I think, when I was younger, I was cooking to impress. Sometimes the dish would have 15 things on the plate. That's cooking only for yourself. As you get more mature, you take all the superfluous things away, and you get the essential flavor. Now I cook for people, not for myself. Jean-Georges Vongerichten cookdishessential share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
We come out of Jewish-refugee, Holocaust stock, which means that our predecessors fled and we learned that systems of power are vulnerable to corruption and can treat the defenseless in a destructive fashion. Eugene Jarecki corruptiondefenselessdestructive share on social