Firsts Quote by George Michael

I was a Thatcherite. But to be fair, I probably have changed my outlook.

— Nicky Morgan

I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as I didn't…

— Stephen Hough

If you aspired and wanted to get on in life, as so many immigrants families did, Margaret Thatcher was your champion, your role model,…

— Alok Sharma

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and…

— Alexandra Roach

I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to…

— Salman Rushdie

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I need to be in charge, and that comes from when I was growing up and money was always an issue. I didn't want…

— Abi Morgan

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of wishy-washy European.

— Angela Rippon

I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday. I was…

— Sara Sheridan

I started my career as a roof thatcher, which is why my YouTube channel is called ThatcherJoe.

— Joe Sugg

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

— Cherie Lunghi

It was quite life-affirming, for me, that I felt hat kind of pity for [Margaret Thatcher], because I didn't think I ever would.

— Irvine Welsh