[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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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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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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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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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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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