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The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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I'm standing up for the right of self-determination. I'm standing up for our territory. I'm standing up for our people. I'm standing up for international law. I'm standing up for all those territories - those small territories and peoples the world over - who, if someone doesn't stand up and say to an invader 'enough, stop', would be at risk.
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[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
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If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.
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