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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Queen Elizabeth II

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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
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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Accept Better Courageous Defeat Determine Down Future More Seem Struggle
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Before Declare Devote Family Great Imperial Life Long Service Short Whole
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
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
[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
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
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
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Earth Occupy Pay Rent Room Work
True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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Exclude Other Patriotism True Understanding
[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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Ache Being Criticize Expression Serious Simply Smile
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
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Average Course History Long Men Nation Soundness Upward Women
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Come Future Hope Now Once Pass
I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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Carefully Future Hope People Think
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Colonies Country Impossible Keep Know Lack Lost Manner Statesmanship Time Yield
I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Believe Seen

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