Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILook, 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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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.
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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
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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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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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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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