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Being queen is overrated.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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
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
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
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
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
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
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
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
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
For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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Devotion God Mean People
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
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
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth
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

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