Belgian - Actress | May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993
I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.
Audrey Hepburn
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I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.
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If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
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I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
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I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
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Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
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My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.
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I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.
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It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'
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Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.
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If I get married, I want to be very married.
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Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
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