You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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