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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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 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
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, ‘Well, that’s their problem.’ But it’s not. … When you solve somebody else’s problem, you’re solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
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Our Thinking Today World
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
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 don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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Believe Culture Perception
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Person Sacrifice Want
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
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
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
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
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Day Misperception One Stereotype
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good