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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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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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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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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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