[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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 a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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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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