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" When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

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" Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Twitter's a great way to tell people across the world what I care about and, hopefully, motivate them to join me in furthering my causes. "

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" Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well. The 20 percent is just the queen aspect that factors in. But for me, it's life as usual, and it's just taking care of my family. "

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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" I feel that we don't have the luxury of asking whether or not the Palestinians and Israelis can achieve peace. I think we have to just ask the question of when and how. "

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" I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself. "

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" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

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

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" 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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" 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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" My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.' "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Being queen is overrated. "

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" 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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" 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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" 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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