For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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