I met George when I was 35 and starting to become quite resigned to the idea that I would be a spinster. Then we met, five years later, he is the person who has my complete admiration and also the person whose smile makes me melt every time. Amal Clooney More Quotes by Amal Clooney More Quotes From Amal Clooney I look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here. Amal Clooney people If you're a woman lying on the beach in the Maldives, you might want to know that a kilometer away, another woman is being flogged. And you might want to find your own way to protest that. Amal Clooney woman you beach way As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share. It is not a bond of geography. Or religion. Or culture. It is a bond of shared experience - experiences that only women go through and struggles that only women face. Amal Clooney women experience culture religion If you are a lawyer, and you want to take on easier cases, you can prosecute traffic violations or something. You'd have a very high rate of success, and you probably could sleep more easily at night. But that's not what drives me. Amal Clooney me you success sleep Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic. Amal Clooney only free speech matter A horseman's head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon's torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from. Amal Clooney head london body country Cross-cultural learning and studying abroad can be transformative. Amal Clooney abroad studying learning No government intent on persecuting its critics will want to leave the outcome of a trial to chance. Amal Clooney will government chance want There is lots of my work that takes place behind closed doors that is not ever seen. Amal Clooney behind place work doors I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it. Amal Clooney me confidence remember people I think it's important for tourists to know the facts of what's happening in the Maldives. I don't think people realize that there's a flogging taking place a kilometer away when they're sunbathing in their resort. Amal Clooney place think facts people If you don't have a good case, and you don't have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far. Amal Clooney message good you light Sentencing a political opponent to death after a show trial is no different to taking him out on the street and shooting him. In fact, it is worse because using the court system as a tool of state repression makes a mockery of the rule of law. Amal Clooney street political law death My sister Tala has twins, and they're wonderful. Amal Clooney sister twins wonderful There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene. Amal Clooney executive allow then break I hate the idea that you somehow, as a human being, have to be put in a box. There's no reason why lawyers can't be fun - or actresses can't be serious. Amal Clooney you hate serious fun Democracy is dead in the Maldives. Amal Clooney dead democracy I want to work on cases that I feel the most passionate about. Amal Clooney feel passionate want work The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights. Amal Clooney need human-rights experience advice Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it. Amal Clooney reduce does up dissent
