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Queen Elizabeth II

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Communities Courage Family Friend From Often Rise Source Withing
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Earth Occupy Pay Rent Room Work
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Honest Listen MIssed Mobile Net never Phone Surf Surfed Talk Think
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Annal Behind Commonwealth Empire Live Majesty More Splendid Strength Thousand Tradition Year
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Coronation Declare Future Gone Hope Our Power Splendid Sure Symbol Year
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Attribute Encourage Find Formula Know Observe Often Single Some Success Universal Way Year
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Business Caught Dul Event Give Great No Period Point Round Seem Small Some Suddenly
I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Believe Seen
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

All Express Gratitude Grief Hope Join Loss Princess Short Tomorrow Too
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

Active Axvious Lead Live Lonely Money People Turbulence Uneventful Worlld
It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

All Do Property To Trained Training
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Come Future Hope Now Once Pass
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Action Balance Between Distraction Forget Need Pause Reflection Right Stock Take
Look, 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Appeal Crazy Forward Look Party Pathetic Right Thinking
I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Carefully Future Hope People Think
[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Before Each Numerous Portrait Sitting Teeth

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