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All Quotes by author - Clare Balding

" A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. "

" Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it. "

" Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing. "

" Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out. "

" Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am. "

" I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage. "

" I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one. "

" I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. "

" I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common. "

" I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting. "

" If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature. "

" If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't. "

" I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It's mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh. "

" I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes. "

" I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous. "

" 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. "

" I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me. "

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" I play golf - even though I'm awful at it. "

" I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry. "

" It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. "

" I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs. "

" I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way. "

" I think I can be spiritual, and I can feel that I want to live well, I want to do things that I'm proud of, and I think that's important. Now, do I need a church to tell me that? Actually, no, I don't. "

" I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved. "

" I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say. "

" I've never been particularly maternal. "

" I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly. "

" 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. "

" Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up. "

" Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room. "

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