Liya Kebede

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

I know how much parents love buying clothes for their kids and how they want to give them something new in the closet.

It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is.