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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Weekends are a real luxury for me because I'm usually working. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. "

" Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. "

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

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

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

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