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I don't think in a linear form.

~Clemantine Wamariya

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The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Collective Despised Even Every Feared Human Idea Language Narrative Often Our Painful Pitied Really See Somebody Sometimes Suffering Those Too Victim Want Who

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If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Believe Despised Disservice Doing Down Feared Looked Ourselves Person Pitied Refuge Seeking

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I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Allow Been Beyond Create Going Labelled Labels Life People Platform Victim Voice Want Who

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I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you high, and it's so not fair to you and to everybody else.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Any Else Everybody Everybody Else Experience Fair High Intense Just Lot Not Fair People Raise Survive Think Try You I Think

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I want people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Gods Kings Know Masters Own People Queens Story Want

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Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Destruction Enough Many Never Qualify Will Words

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In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them thinking that we were dead, we reunited... in the most dramatic, American way possible. Live, on television.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: After American American Way Away Being Dead Dramatic Family Knowing Live Most Possible Reunited Separated Seven Television Them Then Thinking Way Were Years

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From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Age Another Camp Countries Different Different Countries Hoping Lived Moving Refugee Seven Six Wanted Would

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I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and ate lunch. I had a childhood that I would wish for anyone.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Anyone Ate Childhood Enjoyed Everywhere Garden Had Kindergarten Loved Lunch Mother Neighbor Played Playing Sang Songs Wish Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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