Clare Balding Quotes

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 am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.
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.
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.
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.
I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.
I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.
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