Clare Balding Quotes

• 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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  Horse, Mirrors, Welcome

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• I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we're wearing or how powerful or rich we are, they judge us in terms of sensitivity, consistency, and patience. They demand standards of behavior and levels of kindness that we, as humans, then strive to maintain.

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  Horse, Kindness, Powerful

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

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  Extraordinary Person, Graffiti, World

  "Clare Balding: 'I want to make the world better, for women mainly'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2013.

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• He aprendido a no hacer demasiado caso de quienes desaprueban mis elecciones de estilo de vida, porque sé que no fui diseñada para formar parte de la multitud. Si soy diferente, no pido disculpas, y espero que otros tengan el valor de ser ellos mismos y defender aquello en lo que creen, luchar por quienes necesitan protección, amar a quien quieren amar y estar orgullosos de ello.

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  Believe, Fighting, Apology

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• Encajar es aburrido. Pero tardas casi toda tu vida en darte cuenta.

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  Boring, Fitting, Whole Life

  "Clare Balding: 'This has been the year of my life'". Interview with Alex Clark, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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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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  Sports, Helping, Breaking Down

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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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  Brain, Fascinated

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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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  Needs, Hungry, Good Food

  "Clare Balding: 'It's unfashionable to be as shamelessly enthusiastic as I am'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2012.

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• I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.

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

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  Horse, Growing Up, Grows

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

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  Thinking, Ambitious, Adjectives

  "'I'm going to glam up': Clare Balding nervous ahead of prime time TV role" by Simon Boyle, www.mirror.co.uk. December 28, 2012.

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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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  Laughing, Abuse, Homophobic

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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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  Interesting, Decision, Challenges

  "Clare Balding: 'You can't be flavour of the month for more than a month'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2012.

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

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  Gay, Realizing

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• La natación y el atletismo son las grandes actuaciones de los Juegos Olímpicos. El ciclismo y el remo son bastante importantes para Gran Bretaña, pero a nivel mundial, los dos grandes son el atletismo y la natación.

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  Swimming, Cycling, Games

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• La gente me parece interesante. La gente que se esfuerza es interesante. La gente que tiene una pasión es interesante, ya sean los coches antiguos, la taxidermia o tejer.

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  Passion, Knitting, Car

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• Que te hicieran sentir como un niño irrelevante fue probablemente una ventaja. La negligencia benigna no es una mala actitud parental o, al menos, un cruce entre un dictador benévolo y la negligencia benigna: hay que dejar que los niños se las apañen como puedan.

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  Attitude, Children, Kids

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

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  Important, Quality, Partners

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

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  Kids, Thinking, Should Have

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• I've never been particularly maternal.

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• I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.

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  Hate, I Hate, Minutes

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2011.

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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.

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  Dark, Despair, Depth

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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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  Gay, Gay Marriage, Campaigns

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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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  Papá, Pensar, Tipo

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

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  School, Thinking, Common

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