"Today is indeed an historic occasion when as a first chair-in-office woman I hand over to another woman chair in office, your Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, in the presence of a woman head of the Commonwealth, Her Royal Highness, Her Majesty the Queen of England."

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Source : "Queen urges Cwealth leaders to be bold". "PM" with Mark Colvin, www.abc.net.au. October 28, 2011.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

#Queens Quotes #Hands Quotes #Office Quotes

“Carry your Bible and live by it. There's a better chance that you will stay married if that much is true for either one of you - male or female.”
“How competitive can you be without losing your discipline?”
“My friend, Sue Ann, in college pulled me aside and said, 'Honey I love you but you have got to start waxing your eyebrows. They look wild!' So thank you , that kinda changed my life.”
“Everyone in this world is dealt a different hand-some better, some worse than others-but what's more important is how you play that hand. This is what builds character. And with great character comes great reward.”

Source : "Interview with Christine Ha, MasterChef Winner, Writer, and Chef". American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Interview, www.afb.org.
“I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable to feed me. If I am going to eat meat, I want it to be from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade.”
“An hour or so later he received a note from Odette. Swann had left his cigarette case at her house. "If only," she wrote, "you had also forgotten your heart! I should never have let you have it back.”
“Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.”
“I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 09, 2013

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