- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Engagements Quotes
Where duty meets the calendar.
Engagements can mean a royal visit, a full week of appointments, or the discipline of showing up again and again. This set gathers voices describing what that pull on their time actually felt like, from packed diaries to formal duty, as in Age.
- Last Updated on Aug 02, 2026
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a mother. She didn't really work, apart from bringing us up, which a job in itself, but at an age where lots of people are thinking of retiring, so is having up to 20 or 30 engagements a day, and she's brilliant at it - she has always been brilliant with people.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes we see the Civil War in movies and imagine these neatly aligned rows of men with muskets, walking in line to shoot each other. In reality the things that fascinated me were how absolutely ruthless and violent so many engagements were, how much suffering and how men were not prepared.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school in New York and grew up in and out of New York. I love it, and I miss it, and every time I go back, I think, 'Why am I in Germany?' I do know that my career is really important to me, and in Germany, they've always been so much more supportive than my previous engagements in the dance world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The engagements I had with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles were about reaching out and showing respect to the unionist people. I also recognised that when someone like her makes acts of reconciliation as she did do at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin, she is 100% behind the peace process.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I had it in my power to furnish you with accommodation I should feel proud to do it, shall be happy to hear from you at anytime when you engagements will allow you an hour and remain with best wishes for yourself, family and circuit.
- Chicago
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020