Clare Balding Quotes
The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries.
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I don't think even one per cent of the people in this world explore more than 10 per cent of all that this world has to offer. That's a shame!
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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When you are in a small rural place with cold weather and a lot of granite, you need people who are going to work hard, and you really stop worrying about what gender they are.
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We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.
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The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.
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It is a low thing to always want to be understood. Let my innocence take care of itself.
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The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.
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The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries.
