Tom Stoppard

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along came this woman who seemed to have no manners at all and said exactly what she thought. Everyone's eyes were popping and their jaws were dropping, and I really enjoyed that.

English Dramatist

Nigel Lawson

She felt Britain should not be so dependent on coal. She was in favour of building up nuclear energy to break the dependence on coal, and the main opposition to nuclear came from the environment movement. Mrs. Thatcher thought she could trap them with the carbon emissions argument.

British Politician

Ram Nath Kovind

We lived in a 'kuccha' house made of mud. The thatched roof couldn't stop the water trickles during the rainy season. I, along with my brothers and sisters, used to stand in a corner and wait for the rain to stop.

Indian Politician

Bernard Sumner

Thatcher was wrong. People don't exist - well, they don't flourish - as individuals. Life's about swapping ideas and communicating with other people.

English Musician

Tsai Ing-wen

Mrs. Thatcher was a powerful figure at the time I was a student in London. And I admire her versatility and strength.

Taiwanese Politician

Amala Paul

I've sold my Mercedes and I'll be getting something electric. I work out of a thatch shed on the roof.

Indian Actress

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Scottish Politician

Ken Livingstone

Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.

English Politician

Alexander Dubcek

For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.

Czechoslovakian Politician

Kenneth Clarke

Thatcher was the best politician I have ever witnessed.

Thatch is often used in historical or rural contexts, symbolizing traditional building methods.

Traditional Uses

In some cultures, thatch roofs represent simplicity and harmony with nature.

Cultural Symbol

Thatch referring to hair is casual and might evoke an image of very thick or unruly hair.

Colloquial Expression

Thatch as a verb implies a skilled, often traditional, method of building or crafting.

Active Construction

This definition evokes dense, wild nature often difficult to navigate or see through.

Natural Imagery

In horticulture, thatch is unwanted and suggests neglect or the need for maintenance.

Lawn Care

 down there in a thatched house with you know no electricity and we had to boil our water to drink it had to wait a couple of days for it to cool and you know it was just a different way of life and it was boring in some ways and I guess he'd go out and you know look at

Interview: George &...

 I landed in a thatched hut with a midwife. As a mother, I was very curious on how she delivered babies in her house. After a deep and engaging conversation with her on how she considered it a profound calling to do what she was doing, I asked her a parting

A simple birth kit for...

 People live there, and they don't just float over the jungle. They have a meaningful relationship with the landscape. They hunt. They grow crops. They domesticate crops. They use the natural resources to build their houses, to thatch their houses.

Nature is everywhere --...

 cattle and killing anybody who gets in the way in this area people paint their bodies to identify themselves from their enemies there are only two thousand Cairo people left and they live in these wonderful dome shaped thatched huts in

Carol Beckwith & Angela...

 entirely focused on the natural environment everything is oriented toward the beach and toward the water the houses are very simple they're hot uh with thatched roofs done in in in a way that's suggestive of various polynesian styles

Predictions of tech's...

 per family. So far, we've looked for the poorest people in the poorest villages, and in this part of the world, they're the ones living in homes made of mud and thatch, not cement and iron. So let's say that's your family.

Joy Sun: Should you...

 so we're in a village in rural mexico about a day's drive from mexico city you can hear music emanating from a little house that has a thatched roof but inside that's where the action is there's a ceremony going on

The Aztecs: From Empire...

 we begin to come upon signs that the aro people are indeed in happening these woods we came to an abandoned fishing camp where there were fetched crude thatched huts no larger than what you

The Unconquered:...

 life was very difficult, a struggle day by day. My family was living in a hut. With the eye of a child, I can still see water dripping from the thatched roof of our house when it rained.

Why I choose humanism...

 But, again and again, they were turned away. Soon, there was just one door that of a small, thatched shack.