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.


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QUEEN VICTORIA
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife...
QUEEN VICTORIA
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger ...
QUEEN LATIFAH
New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Ja...
QUEEN LATIFAH
I have my dad's shape. No booty.
QUEEN LATIFAH
I often go to bed in my birthday suit. But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like ...
QUEEN LATIFAH
I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised wh...
QUEEN LATIFAH
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wi...
QUEEN VICTORIA
He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.
QUEEN VICTORIA
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
QUEEN VICTORIA
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
QUEEN VICTORIA
Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very ...
QUEEN VICTORIA
I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or...
QUEEN VICTORIA
It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
QUEEN CHRISTINA
None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of SUCH a Father who has not his equal in th...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.
QUEEN MARIA
Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of fort...
QUEEN VICTORIA
These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
QUEEN VICTORIA
I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and do...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Why did people do it? Why this herd curiosity about a street, a house, windows, doors? He was a publ...
ELLERY QUEEN
We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the...
QUEEN VICTORIA
I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a littl...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
QUEEN VICTORIA
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
QUEEN VICTORIA
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wif...
QUEEN VICTORIA
His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is ...
QUEEN VICTORIA
I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.
QUEEN VICTORIA
We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
QUEEN VICTORIA
I lost relatives to AIDS. A couple of my closest cousins, favorite cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, ...
QUEEN LATIFAH
Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks ...
QUEEN LATIFAH
I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out to...
QUEEN LATIFAH
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife ...
QUEEN VICTORIA
Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.
QUEEN LATIFAH
I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.
QUEEN VICTORIA
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfec...
QUEEN LATIFAH
There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we w...
QUEEN LATIFAH