Clare Balding Quotes
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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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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I think that with 'The Vampire Diaries,' you never know what's going to happen, and I don't think the characters necessarily know, either. So you can only weigh so much, and then it might just come down to 'kill or be killed.'
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If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.
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I feel better about myself when I look my best. I always find the time to put on my powder and do my chignon.
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My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.
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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.'
