These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWork is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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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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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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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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