Clare Balding Quotes
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Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it.
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If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't.
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I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.
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A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.
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I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
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I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.
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I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.
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Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.
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Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.
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On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel.
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The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.
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It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy.
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Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
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I think I can be spiritual, and I can feel that I want to live well, I want to do things that I'm proud of, and I think that's important. Now, do I need a church to tell me that? Actually, no, I don't.
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I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.
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I've never been particularly maternal.
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I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.
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Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.
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You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer.
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Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room.
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Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know.
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You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.'
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When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.