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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

Queen Rania of Jordan

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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Protect Shields Throw
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
I don’t know if I’d put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.
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Empowered Feels Labels
The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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Communist Hardest Misperception Religion Women
Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need to know that our counterparts in the west are also willing to listen and reciprocate.
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Believe Out Speaks Thinking
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Born Political Will
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
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People Population Thinking
I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women’s empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
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Children Daunting Empowerment Opportunity Safety Women
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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Loses Sleep Worry
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Models People Role Wish
I don’t believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.
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Believe Rich Understanding
Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don’t get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Clothes Creative Expression
My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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Focus Gossip Rumor