Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes - Page 2

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• To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.

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  Gun, Middle East, Achieve

  "10 Questions for Queen Rania". Interview with Time Magazine readers, content.time.com. May 10, 2007.

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• 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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  Thinking, Trying, Comfort

  "Queen Rania: World Cannot Afford To Be Cynical". Interview with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. April 22, 2009.

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• Modernity is not about dress codes.

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  Dresses, Dress Code, Code

  Source: content.time.com

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• Being queen is overrated.

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  Queens, Overrated

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• It's about using social media for social change: creating a community of advocates who can use their voices on behalf of the voiceless, or leverage their talents, skills, knowledge, and resources to put more children into classrooms, or pressure their elected representatives to get global education top of the agenda.

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  Children, Media, Skills

  Source: techcrunch.com

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• 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.

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  School, Kids, Technology

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

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  Political Will, Political, Born

  “Good Morning America” with Diane Sawyer, www.arabamerica.com. September 24, 2009.

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• I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

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  Sacrifice, Want, Persons

  "The World's Coolest Queen". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. January 5, 2010.

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• 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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  Labels, Empowered, Feels

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.” An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: “As you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future.

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  Girl, Queens, Boys

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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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  Thinking, Long, Dresses

  "Queen Rania to Fareed Zakaria:" We need to build channels of communication"". Interview with Fareed Zakaria, www.queenrania.jo. September 01, 2008.

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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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  Issues, People, Different

  Source: www.glamour.com

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

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  Girl, Cascade, Educated

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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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  People, Role Models, Wish

  "The World's Coolest Queen". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. January 5, 2010.

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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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  Fighting, Rights, Media

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• Women in Jordan are participating in all aspects of civil as well as political life - as female judges, parliamentarians, businesswomen. And the evolution will continue. This is not something that happens overnight.

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  Judging, Political, Female

  Source: content.time.com

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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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  Forgiving, Littles, I've Learned

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

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  Gossip, Focus, Rumor

  Source: content.time.com

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• We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.

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  Believe, Opposites, Perfect

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• 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. It's also a fantastic medium to hear the ideas and opinions of people I might not otherwise get to meet.

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  Ideas, People, World

  Source: techcrunch.com

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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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  Greatest Fear, People, Looks

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

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  Democracy, Process, Courses

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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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  Self, Goal, Lines

  "The Hard-Line on Grocery Items" by Queen Rania al Abdullah, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2010.

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

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  Husband, Supportive, Culture

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• I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.

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  Believe, Understanding, Rich

  Source: content.time.com

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