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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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Clear Individual Leave Lesson Life Load Process Response Share Throw Together Work
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Answer Better Cellphone During Formal Important Meet Rang Someone Woman
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Bothered Devotion Give Heart Island Nation People
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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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