[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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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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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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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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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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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In 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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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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