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" I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself. "
Queen Rania of Jordan
Little
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Myself
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" I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants. "
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" My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.' "
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" 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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" The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter. "
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" As a child I sometimes used to travel to the West Bank to visit my family, so I know what the checkpoints felt like. I knew what it was like to live under occupation. "
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Child
" Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive. "
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" Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription. "
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Process
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" The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic. "
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Family
American
Work
" Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth. "
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Worth
" Being queen is overrated. "
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Being
Queen
" I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch. "
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Fear
Look
Losing
" We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East. "
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Rich
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" Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them. "
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Fight
" When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives, when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights. "
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Fight
Future
Hope
" By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything. "
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Nature
Goal
Very
" 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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Through
Me
Creative
" When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society. "
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Cascade
You
Society
" I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona. With my children, I'm just 'Mom.' 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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End
End Of The Day
Mom
" Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, then we must find them, befriend them and support them. "
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Rise
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" I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me. "
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Muslim
Hurt
Hear
" 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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Nature
You
" I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale. "
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" I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff. "
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Process
" The protocol things, the officialdom, are part of my work. But it doesn't take more than 20 percent of my time. The majority of my time I spend on issues that I care about. "
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Care
" To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns. "
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" Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony. "
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" Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies. "
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" We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes. "
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Through
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People
" Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled. "
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