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" A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. "
Clare Balding
Looking
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" 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. "
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" You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer. "
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" It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. "
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" I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage. "
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" Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day. "
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" Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming. "
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" People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels. "
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" 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. "
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" I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting. "
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" Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say. "
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" When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated. "
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" Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. "
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" Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk. "
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" You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.' "
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" Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly. "
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