Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.


Cotton Mather

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I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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You probably have the right to disclose them, guaranteed by the First Amendment, but that’s no gua...
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She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
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No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ...
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PRINCE WILLIAM
Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA
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KATE MIDDLETON
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON
I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS
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My dad's not a big talker.
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My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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You cannot make horses 'safe.'
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
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I'm an affectionate person.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me...
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Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I don't think about the media.
ZARA PHILLIPS
I love the sport and being competitive.
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ZARA PHILLIPS
I hate having my picture taken.
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Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.
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ZARA PHILLIPS
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I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
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Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.
KING JAMES I
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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w...
WALLIS SIMPSON
I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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Never explain, never complain.
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You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
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Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.
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You can never be too rich or too thin.
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
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I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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Commissioner Cotton ? Abstain.
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