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. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
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… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
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… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
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… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
