| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 57761 |
| QUOTATION: | The cocks may crow, but its the hen that lays the egg. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925), British Conservative politician, prime minister. Quoted in Sunday Times (London, April 9, 1989). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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