Clare Balding Quotes
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'm not a very technical musician at all.
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I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about it, you can probably have it all. But you might have to wait a while.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
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You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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I grew up in Finance.
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When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation.
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The tension in pro ball comes from the realization that any game could be your last, that an injury could end your career. And in TV, you never know if or when your series will be canceled.
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Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.
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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.
