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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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 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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I should like to be a horse.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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