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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern

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Margaret Thatcher
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1925 to 2013; Wikidata Q7416, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7416 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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