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" Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up. "
Clare Balding
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" I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry. "
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" I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one. "
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" I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly. "
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" 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. "
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" I've never been particularly maternal. "
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" On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know. "
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" I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It's mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh. "
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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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" Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. "
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" 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. "
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