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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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Badmouth Begin Century Head Like Modern Monarchy More Ninth People
[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
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
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
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
I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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Bothered Devotion Give Heart Island Nation People
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
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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Course Heart History Long Man Nation Run Soundness Upward Women
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
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.
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All Express Gratitude Grief Hope Join Loss Princess Short Tomorrow Too
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
[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
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
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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Always As Christian Heart How Lie Spirit Story Stuck Togetherness
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Commonwealth Define Easy Enough Indeed Pastime Popular Quite
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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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Grief Love Pay Price
It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Been Breathe Gentleness Hard Humankind Progress Women
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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Colonies Country Impossible Keep Know Lack Lost Manner Statesmanship Time Yield
I should like to be a horse.
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Horse Like Should
[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Before Each Numerous Portrait Sitting Teeth
It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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All Do Property To Trained Training
I have to be seen to be believed.
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Believe Seen
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
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
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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Coronation Declare Future Gone Hope Our Power Splendid Sure Symbol Year

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