"The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister."
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"A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty's mien."
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"Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then."
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"All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums."
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"I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen."
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"I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time."
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"Oh, a lion hunter in the jungle dark, And a sleeping drunkard up in central park, and a Chinese dentist and a British queen All fit together in the same machine. Nice, nice, such very different people in the same device!"
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"If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.” An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: “As you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future."
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"I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country."
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"Tolerance is the one essential ingredient ... You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance."
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"Layer upon layer, Italy's storied past unfolds in Robert Kaster's captivating journey along the venerable Queen of Roads. I cannot imagine a more perfect guide to such a rich trove of ancient and modern memories. Illuminating, erudite, entertaining, and evocative."
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"Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman. We will always remember her fondly."
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"Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a moment, pale, pained, desiring, and ashamed of his desire. He was not worthy, not... Their eyes for a moment met. What treasures hers promised! A queen's ransom of temperament. Hastily he looked away, disengaged his imprisoned arm. He was obscurely terrified lest she should cease to be something he could feel himself unworthy of."
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"Once I was a couple. I was my own king and queen with cheese and bread and rosé on the rocks of Rockport."
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"We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P."
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"Though pedantry denies, It's plain the Bible means That Solomon grew wise While talking with his queens."
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"More men would be treated like kings if they would only treat their wives like queens instead of servants."
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"Experimental science is the queen of knowledge."
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"I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms."
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"Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household."
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