Clare Balding Quotes
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.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
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I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'
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I've always been interested in making movies.
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I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that.
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Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.
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I will forever be proud to call myself a Bruin and will never forget the memories that were made here.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. But Sinatra created the best romantic era that we've ever had.
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AIDS is the revenge of the rain forest.
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Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding.
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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
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When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.
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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.
