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" Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room. "
Clare Balding
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" I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. "
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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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" 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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" I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs. "
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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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" I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes. "
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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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" 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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" Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up. "
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" I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me. "
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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've never been particularly maternal. "
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" On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel. "
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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 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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" The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour. "
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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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" 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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