Clare Balding Quotes
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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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.
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I think if I were dying and I heard of an act of injustice, it would start me up to a moment's life again.
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You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.
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Women have always been a good influence on me.
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I am not doddery... doddery I am not!
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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.