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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Future
Security
Jordan
Israelis
Hand-In-Hand
Palestinians
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Three
Monotheistic
Religions
Beacon
Look
Being
Jerusalem
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Success
Democracy
You
Class
People
Police
Stronger
Own
Group
Think
Broad
Worry
Security
About
Democratic
Democratic Process
Coming
Middle
Ends
Middle Class
Process
Really
Exploiting
Less
Presence
When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Military
Everybody
Status
Status Quo
Running
Some
Shakes
Point
Pick
Come
Pieces
Sort
Up
Screaming
Quo
Which
Confrontation
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
Abdullah II of Jordan
World
Better
International Relations
United Nations
Think
Relations
Way
Recognize
Countries
Korea
Israel
Than
North
North Korea
Nations
International
United
Third
Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Time
Waiting
Fear
Go
Time Bomb
Off
Just
Bomb
Jerusalem
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Work
Time
Me
You
World
Rest
Country
Down
Back
Say
Arab
Out
Arab World
See
Able
Between
Occasions
Answer
Israel
Israeli
Israelis
Been
Years
Question
Where
Your
Figure
Many
Sat
Connections
Ever
The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Future
You
Youth
Country
Give
Going
Your
Incentive
If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Happy
Everybody
Something
Wrong
Democratic
Democratic Process
Process
Then
I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Impossible
Will
Predict
Think
Changes
East
Rapid
See
Almost
Continue
Any
Quite
Quite A While
Middle
Middle East
Expert
While
The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Good
Will
Spring
Think
Back
Say
Arab
Arab Spring
Ten
Good Thing
Look
Years
Five
Whether
Fifteen
Thing
Two
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Terrorism
People
Debate
Think
Society
Our
Agree
Now
Nobody scares me.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Me
Scares
Nobody
I like to look at the glass half full.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Half
Glass
Like
Look
Half Full
Full
It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Leadership
Family
Burden
Responsibility
Drop
Tremendous
Direct
Prophet
Had
Ball
Shift
Years
Going
Shoulders
Muhammad
Descendants
I'm easily entertained.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Easily
Entertained
I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
Abdullah II of Jordan
Will
Energy
Believe
Everyone
Way
Exactly
See
Jordan
Partnership
Done
Going
Where
Such A Way
Nuclear
Nuclear Energy
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
Abu Bakr
Happiness
Complaint
He
Invites
Who
You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.
Abu Bakr
You
People
Will
Become
Neighbour
High
Remain
He
Talk
Quarrel
Where
Should
Your
When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.
Abu Bakr
God
You
Fear
Guided
Advise
Person
Any
Should
Muslims should live like brothers.
Abu Bakr
Live
Muslims
Brothers
Like
Should
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
Abu Bakr
Evil
Goodness
Solid
Most
Piety
Vice
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
Alexander the Great
Success
God
Great
Me
Courage
Battle
Enemy
Great Things
Wish
Valor
Indians
True
True Courage
False
Times
Report
Reports
Done
Oftentimes
Depends
Many
Believed
Things
Resolution
Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?
Alexander the Great
Nature
World
Victory
Our
Kingdom
Shall
Join
Trophies
Divided
Another
Does
Up
Which
Places
Far
Who
Conquered
Desire
Set
So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.
Alexander the Great
Me
Eyes
Wife
Beauty
On The Contrary
Those
Having
Could
Spoke
Wished
Concerned
Am
Contrary
Accused
Listen
Refused
Far
Who
Even
Her
Set
At Girl Scouts, we are committed to raising awareness about the terrible effects of cyber bullying, and to teaching girls how to recognize the signs of bullying of any sort and extricate themselves or another from a bad situation before it spirals out of control and ends in tragedy.
Anna Maria Chavez
Bullying
Signs
Girl
Girl Scouts
Before
Control
Situation
Awareness
Extricate
Recognize
Out
Bad
Spirals
About
Bad Situation
Terrible
Sort
Another
How
Tragedy
Effects
Scouts
Committed
Any
Ends
Themselves
Cyber
Teaching
Raising
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