I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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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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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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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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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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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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