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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.

Queen Rania of Jordan

Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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Expressison Home Husband Personal Son
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
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
Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more the American and some Western policies, and not toward the American people.
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Distrust Doubt People
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
I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
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Believe Children World
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
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It’s really your essence and your values that are important.
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Day End Essence Important
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Person Sacrifice Want
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it’s not common sense yet.
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Common Sense Girl Moral
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
Look at any country that’s plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society’s ills.
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Country Girl Looks
It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
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Fleeting Judgment Television