For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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.
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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.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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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 believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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