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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
Queen Elizabeth II
Best
Family
Our
Eccentricities
Share
Disagreements
Impetuous
Like
Families
Youngsters
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Women
People
Sometimes
Political
Own
Back
Way
Does
Hold
Decide
Scripture
Agendas
Holy
Such A Way
Interpret
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Alone
People
Hatred
Become
Other
Harmony
We Cannot
More
Could
Through
Perhaps
Concept
Learn
Lot
Subscribed
Human
African
Cannot
Less
Fully
I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Me
Hurt
Women
World
Arab
Arab World
Muslim
About
Misconceptions
Does
Amazed
Hear
Really
Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Girl
Poverty
Country
Society
Look
Antidote
Disease
Any
Many
Ills
Violence
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Peace
Achieve
Luxury
Think
I Think
I Feel
Feel
How
Israelis
Question
Just
Whether
Ask
Asking
Palestinians
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Work
Family
Value
Values
Our
Fact
Share
Terms
American
Family Unit
Common
Work Ethic
Average
Ethic
Average American
Much
Unit
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Needs
You
Change
Important
Building
Think
Sleeves
I Think
Projects
About
Fingerprints
More
Part
Stuff
Know
Leaving
Up
Campaigns
Legacy
Rolling
Being
Process
Your
Ground
Starting
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Great
Me
People
World
Care
Twitter
Way
Tell
Hopefully
I Care
About
Join
Great Way
Motivate
Causes
Them
Across
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Day
Mom
End Of The Day
Values
Important
Those
Rather
Come
Come And Go
Dealt
Go
End
Than
Person
Persona
Essence
Just
Children
Title
Really
Your
Things
Position
I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Hate
Hatred
Think
I Think
Intolerance
Promote
Case
Shape
Comments
Any
Form
Should
Tolerant
Groups
Speech
Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Education
Better
Care
Earn
Higher
Take
Lead
Economies
Healthier
Up
Families
Contribute
Children
Who
Grow
Grow Up
Income
Lives
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
God
Respect
People
Pressure
Piety
Devotion
Truly
Represents
Social
Modesty
Should
Means
Used
Many
Applying
I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Myself
Easily
More
Take
Learned
Forgiving
Little
Things
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Life
Mother
Husband
My Life
Other
Worry
About
Percent
Like
Well
Doing
Normal
Any
Children
Eighty
Right
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
Life
Family
Me
Queen
Mother
Care
Husband
My Life
Other
Worry
About
Percent
Factors
Taking
Like
Well
Doing
Normal
Any
Just
Children
Eighty
Aspect
Usual
Right
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
Time
Me
People
I Am
Matter
Living
Pressures
More
Glamorous
Prioritize
Am
Issues
Been
Lot
Closer
Goes
Different
Realize
Really
Ground
Helped
Many
Exposed
Things
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?
Queen Rania of Jordan
Home
Son
Husband
Else
Meet
Our
Flying
Wear
About
Could
Take
Talk
Very
Personal
Refusing
Form
Helicopter
Pope
Who
Tweeting
Expression
Suit
Of course, I tweet. 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?
Queen Rania of Jordan
Home
Son
Husband
Else
Meet
Our
Flying
Wear
About
Could
Take
Talk
Course
Very
Personal
Refusing
Form
Helicopter
Pope
Who
Tweet
Tweeting
Expression
Suit
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Me
People
Fear
Losing
Other
Window
Touch
Online
Opened
Look
Greatest
Being
Found
Lives
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.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Work
Time
Care
Spend
I Care
About
Percent
More
My Time
Take
Part
Majority
Protocol
Issues
Than
Things
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
Queen Rania of Jordan
Myself
People
Wish
Say
I Wish
Could
Role
Role Models
Models
Who
Things
Being queen is overrated.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Queen
Overrated
Being
Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Life
Family
Everybody
Jordan
Around
Revolves
Social
Social Life
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Sacrifice
Others
Everything
Could
Person
Want
Who
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
Queen Victoria
You
Happy
Marriage
Wife
Free
Girl
Young
Think
State
I Think
Penalty
Generally
Merry
Look
Deny
Doomed
Aching
Young Girl
Which
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