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> [Young men and women start out with equal opportunities and ambition but so often that equality fractures as they reach their 30s and start reproducing. Is there really no way to make it work for those who want to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/young-men-and-women-start-out-with-equal-opportunities-and-ambition/)

[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/)

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