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 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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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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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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The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.
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I've never been particularly maternal.
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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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I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.
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Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.
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People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels.
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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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I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.
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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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I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.
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I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.
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I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
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Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.
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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 have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would love to be thinner, I would hate to take it so far that I had no actual shape at all.