Margrethe II of Denmark Short Quotes

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For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.

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There is nothing so clever as people you agree with.

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God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.

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One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.

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That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.

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We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.

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I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.

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I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.

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We can be very relaxed in our relationship with the Danish people... I feel extraordinarily privileged.

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You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.

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One should never be so formal that one loses life, but one should never be so informal that one becomes without form of any kind.

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Gradually he [King Frederik] showed me everybody was going to help me in this... it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.

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The fact that I am a woman has never really played into what I have done or not done. I have just been lucky that things have played out so that I could do things.

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Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It is there all the time - and it is there all your life.

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One may well use one's head even though one is in love. Someone has said that one cannot prevent lightening from striking – but one may prevent the whole town from burning down.

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I have always felt that it is a task that you are given, and that you have it as long as you live. That is my fundamental view. It is an integral part of the job that you have it for life.

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