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> [I studied law at university and wanted to go on a working holiday in Sydney. I got a job at the Sydney Morning Herald and later on a TV station, and that was that. I stayed there for four years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-studied-law-at-university-and-wanted-to-go-on-a-working-holiday-in/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

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## More by Carol Thatcher

> [It's not always easy to make polite, lunchtime conversation with a mother who for decades has had international leaders and statesmen to engage with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/it-s-not-always-easy-to-make-polite-lunchtime-conversation-with-a/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [The idea that my mother would go around swearing after a personal setback is ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/the-idea-that-my-mother-would-go-around-swearing-after-a-personal/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [I never had the opportunity to become high-handed, because I had to go on earning a living as a journalist. Unlike my brother, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-never-had-the-opportunity-to-become-high-handed-because-i-had-to-go/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [One of my fondest memories is of our skiing trips. Mum's approach to the sport was methodical, doing all the manoeuvres correctly and carefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/one-of-my-fondest-memories-is-of-our-skiing-trips-mum-s-approach-to/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [There is something about my mother that drives her critics slightly potty, so they resort to wild invention to get at her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/there-is-something-about-my-mother-that-drives-her-critics-slightly/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [I studied law at university and wanted to go on a working holiday in Sydney. I got a job at the Sydney Morning Herald…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-studied-law-at-university-and-wanted-to-go-on-a-working-holiday-in/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [I never watch any movies or mini series regarding the Thatcher Years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-never-watch-any-movies-or-mini-series-regarding-the-thatcher-years/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [As far as 'The Crown' goes I think that it is irrelevant and ridiculous that I turn up at all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/as-far-as-the-crown-goes-i-think-that-it-is-irrelevant-and-ridiculous/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/part-of-my-dogsbody-job-during-the-1983-election-was-choosing-mum-s/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [Reality hasn't really intervened in my mother's life since the seventies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/reality-hasn-t-really-intervened-in-my-mother-s-life-since-the/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [Dogs are more loyal. Cats are fickle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/dogs-are-more-loyal-cats-are-fickle/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [All my childhood memories of my mother, is that of someone who was just superwoman, before the phrase was even invented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/all-my-childhood-memories-of-my-mother-is-that-of-someone-who-was/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [My mother was prone to calling me by her secretaries' names and working through each of them until she got to Carol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/my-mother-was-prone-to-calling-me-by-her-secretaries-names-and/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [I remember the moment it first hit me that my mother's memory was no longer the extraordinary phenomenon it had been all my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-remember-the-moment-it-first-hit-me-that-my-mother-s-memory-was-no/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

> [I wrote a tennis book about Chris Evert and her then-husband, John Lloyd. It was called 'Lloyd on Lloyd' and became a No 1 bestseller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-thatcher/i-wrote-a-tennis-book-about-chris-evert-and-her-then-husband-john/)

[Carol Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-thatcher/)

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