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

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" Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly. "

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

" Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day. "

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

" The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour. "

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

" On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel. "

" I've never been particularly maternal. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "