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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

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We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God. ↗

— Maria Monk

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It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader. ↗

— Bill Owens

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Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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I can't tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America! ↗

— Ann Romney

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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. ↗

— William James

#behalf #caution #certain #errors #excessive

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. ↗

— William James

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The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America. ↗

— Jim Ryun

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One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before. ↗

— Phoebe Cary

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I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics. ↗

— Henry Adams

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