Краткая биография и знаменитые высказывания Маргарет Тэтчер c переводом. (Margaret Thatcher's short biography and famous quotes)

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledging the applause after her speech at the Conservative Party Conference October, 1980 (PA)  www.uk.news.yahoo.com

Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who was known as the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising style, died on  the 8 of April, 2013. She was the longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. She was 87.

When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, Britain was a dump and on the brink of total economic collapse. When she left power in 1990, it was the one of the financial capitals of the world. She is associated with her political philosophy of Thatcherism, based on low taxation, low public spending, free markets and mass privatization. A lot of people love Margaret Thatcher for her honesty, bluntness and strength of character. Many others hate her and believe that she destroyed workers rights and slashed public spending. During her tenure she had to deal with mass unemployment, inflation, endless strikes and a war with the Falklands. In February 2007, she became the first British Prime Minister to be honoured with a statue in the House of Commons while still alive.

After winning three elections, Thatcher was forced out of office by her own party after she refused to compromise either on her policies towards Europe or on a property tax that had led to mass non-payment and violent riots.

Her rise from a grocer's daughter to prime minister was dramatised in the 2011 film The Iron Lady.

Margaret Hilda Roberts was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, a town in the east of England. She said her father's small business was a seminal influence on her views, including her emphasis on prudent economic management.

During World War II, she graduated with a chemistry degree from Somerville College at the University of Oxford and worked as a research chemist.

In 1951, she married businessman Denis Thatcher and gave birth to twins, Carol and Mark, two years later. During the decade she trained as a tax lawyer while looking for a chance to get into parliament. Denis Thatcher died in 2003, at  the age of 88.

She predicted in the early 1970s that no woman would lead the country in her lifetime. Before the decade ended, she had become the country's first – and so far only – female prime minister.

Margaret Thatcher is to receive a ceremonial funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral – the same level given to the Queen Mother and Princess Diana.

Famous Quotes

• Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. - Любая женщина, понимающая проблемы, которые возникают при управлении домом, может понять проблемы, которые возникают при управлении страной.
• Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Быть руководителем — то же, что быть леди. Если ты напоминаешь людям о том, кто ты, значит, ты этим не являешься.
• If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. - Если вы настроены только на то, чтобы кому-то нравиться, вы должны быть готовы идти на компромисс по любому поводу в любое время — и вы никогда ничего не достигнете.
• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. - Если вы хотите что-либо услышать, спросите мужчину. Если вы хотите что-либо сделать, попросите женщину.
• It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. - Петух, может быть, хорошо кукарекает, но яйца всё-таки несёт курица.
•  I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. - Я обладаю способностью женщины вгрызаться в работу и выполнять ее тогда, когда все другие расходятся и бросают ее. 
•  No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well. - Никто бы и не помнил о «добром самаритянине», если бы у него были только благие намерения. У него также были и деньги.
• To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. - Делать всё с открытым сердцем — не самая хорошая идея. Сердце должно оставаться закрытым, так оно лучше функционирует.
• What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. - Что такое успех? Я думаю - это смесь чутья о том, что вы делаете со знанием того, что этого недостаточно. Вы должны усердно работать и иметь определенную цель. 
• You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. - Лгать — нескромно; но иногда необходима уклончивость.
• You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it - Чтобы выиграть сражение, его иногда приходится давать дважды.

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