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> [I was always anxious about whether I'd find a career I loved or be able to afford to buy a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/i-was-always-anxious-about-whether-i-d-find-a-career-i-loved-or-be/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

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## More by Mary Nightingale

> [I was a decent cook - competent enough to turn out the standard Eighties chalet fare: beef Wellington, banoffee pie, Delia's chocolate bread-and-butter pudding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/i-was-a-decent-cook-competent-enough-to-turn-out-the-standard/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [The challenge of election broadcasting is to stick to the story and line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/the-challenge-of-election-broadcasting-is-to-stick-to-the-story-and/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> ['Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the first grown-up book I read, when I was aged about 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier-was-the-first-grown-up-book-i-read-when/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [Stats are stats but if you want to be sure you're going to have, say, three children with no problems, you should start at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/stats-are-stats-but-if-you-want-to-be-sure-you-re-going-to-have-say/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [It doesn't matter what you look like. If you can't do the job you will soon be found out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/it-doesn-t-matter-what-you-look-like-if-you-can-t-do-the-job-you-will/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [I'm a good dressmaker. When I was a student I made all my own clothes, and earned good money making ball gowns and wedding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/i-m-a-good-dressmaker-when-i-was-a-student-i-made-all-my-own-clothes/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [Gradually, we fell in love with camper-vanning. It's a strange business to begin with - rather like driving a large, rather flimsy cardboard box.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/gradually-we-fell-in-love-with-camper-vanning-it-s-a-strange-business/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [I was offered a screen test for a business show on Japanese TV. I did it for a laugh, really, and I got the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/i-was-offered-a-screen-test-for-a-business-show-on-japanese-tv-i-did/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [It's not your job to be warm on the news; you can be empathetic, but you can't emote. That can be difficult sometimes -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/it-s-not-your-job-to-be-warm-on-the-news-you-can-be-empathetic-but/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [I didn't come from the sort of family where Daddy would provide - so I had to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/i-didn-t-come-from-the-sort-of-family-where-daddy-would-provide-so-i/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [There's not a pie that I don't like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/there-s-not-a-pie-that-i-don-t-like/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [First off, it's a bit of a tired old chestnut that if a woman is pretty than she can't be bright. God what are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/first-off-it-s-a-bit-of-a-tired-old-chestnut-that-if-a-woman-is/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [Newsrooms are still highly competitive, demanding environments. You have to be robust to hold your own amidst the alpha males and females.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/newsrooms-are-still-highly-competitive-demanding-environments-you/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [It was a deliberate policy not to invite Hello!' into my home. I could have done that stuff and made a lot of money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/it-was-a-deliberate-policy-not-to-invite-hello-into-my-home-i-could/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

> [There is a choice you can make. You can want to be a firework and are comfortable with fame. You love it and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/there-is-a-choice-you-can-make-you-can-want-to-be-a-firework-and-are/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

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