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The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them. ”
Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights. ”
Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being. ”
As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. ”
There's no map to human behaviour. ”
When I was little, I wanted to be a civil engineer. Not a ballerina, not a doctor, a civil engineer. I was such a nerd. ”
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a civil engineer. No joke. I would come home from school and build bridges out of toothpicks and see how much weight they would hold before falling. ”
You shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process. ”
You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening - this goes to the first question you asked - the whole country was awakening to a hundred years of injustice that hadn't been resolved yet. ”
All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit. ”