Quotes
"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can." |
"Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be." |
"Call me Diana, not Princess Diana." |
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward,
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"Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help." |
"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other |
"Family is the most important thing in the world." |
"Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny." |
"Hugs can do
great amounts of good - especially for children."
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"I am all
about caring. I have always been like that."
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"I am not a
political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart."
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"I don't go
by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."
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"I felt
compelled to perform - to do my engagements and not let people down.
And they supported me, although they weren't aware how much it carried
me through."
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"I have a
woman's instinct and it's always a good one."
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"I knew what
my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them."
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"I know it's
just a job they have to do, but sometimes I do wish they wouldn't." [on
the photographers and reporters who followed her daily]
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"I think the
biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the
disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a
minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and
I'm very happy to do that and I want to do that."
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"I like to
be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am."
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"I live for
my sons. I would be lost without them."
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"I think
like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like
myself; you want to try even harder to make it work."
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"I want my
boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities,
people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."
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"I want to
walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the
sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be."
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"I wear my
heart on my sleeve."
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"I will
fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as
human beings and in their public duties."
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"I wish all
the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need
them and how much I value their support."
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"I'd like
people to think of me as someone who cares about them."
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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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"I'm as
thick as a plank."
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"I've got to
have a place where I can find peace of mind."
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"If I am to
care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their
treatment and to understand their suffering."
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"If men had
to have babies, they would only ever have one each."
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"Charles has
read so much about pregnancy and childbirth, he can have the next one."
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"If you find someone you love in
your life, then hang on to that love."
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"It is a
weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?"
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"It's vital
that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try to
do."
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"Life is
just a journey."
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"My first
thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support
them and love them."
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"Nothing
brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people
in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of
destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running
wherever they are."
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"Only do
what your heart tells you."
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"People
think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer to
fulfillment. Actually a fulfilling job is better for me."
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"So many
people supported me through my public life and I will never forget
them."
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"The
greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so
intolerant of each other."
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"The
kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of
the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have
eased the journey."
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"The people
that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can
identify with them."
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"There were
three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
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"They say it is better to
be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise
like moderately rich and just moody?
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"What must it be like for a little
boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?"
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"When you are happy, you can
forgive a great deal."
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"Yes, I do touch. I believe that
everyone needs that."
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"You can't comfort the
afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."
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