These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIYou need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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