Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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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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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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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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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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