Clare Balding Quotes
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I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
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'This Is Not That Dawn' is remarkable in part for its careful and sensitive attention to women's lives - and also for its harsh critique of men and their failure to stop violence.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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The luxury of radio is that you don't spend hours in make-up, and you can wear whatever you want. It's bizarre. You'll be saying lines, with various people around making sound effect noises.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
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When I carve out time to game, it's because I rationalize that I 'deserve it,' so I relish every minute of that 2-3 hour session.
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Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.
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One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.
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When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
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When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.
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A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.
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People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.
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I don't do the same show twice. I've never done a show word for word.
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I've never been particularly maternal.
