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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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Breakfast Country Egg Myself Prefer
These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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Baby Come Until Ready Wretch
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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Community Courage Great Happiness Measure Meet Steadfastness Whole
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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Action Balance Between Distraction Forget Need Pause Reflection Right Stock Take
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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Apparel Both Built Country Peace Precious Recognise Remember Side Since Suffer War Year
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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Attender Diamond Event Experience Humbling Jubilee Mark
[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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Ache Being Criticize Expression Serious Simply Smile
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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Bible Counsel Found Greater House Imperishable Inspiration Treasure Turn
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Earth Occupy Pay Rent Room Work
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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Country Garden Here History Ignore Impossible Laid Madam People Person President Remembrance Speak Weight Wreath Yesterday
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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Business Caught Dul Event Give Great No Period Point Round Seem Small Some Suddenly
They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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Aunt Happen Just Me Riyal
Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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Blood Community Description Family Mean Nation Necessarily Not Often Organisation Relative
[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Before Each Numerous Portrait Sitting Teeth
Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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Business Difficult Football Game Wonderful
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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Let Monopoly Ourselves Seriously Take Us Wisdom
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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Aware Been Continent Ocean People Spread Support Task Throughout Time Wide World
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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Annal Behind Commonwealth Empire Live Majesty More Splendid Strength Thousand Tradition Year
I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Believe Fear Generation Great Label Priggish
It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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All Always Been Case Harvest Leadership Peace Perhaps Warning
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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Average Course History Long Men Nation Soundness Upward Women
I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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Carefully Future Hope People Think
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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Cut Do Eventually Leave Most Nobody Parent Place Pleasant Protect Unconditionally Way World
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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Common Community Destructive First Good Hameed New Power Prowe Such Terrifying Time Weapon
[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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Country Great might Quietly Republic Someday Suggestions
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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Believe Language Learn Need Some Ass Sometimes Stand Yourself
[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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Answer Better Cellphone During Formal Important Meet Rang Someone Woman

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