For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey 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. …
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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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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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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