Clare Balding Quotes

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

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LifePeopleMeMy LifeTryingNow

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

Jemaine Clement

TimeUpWellSci-FiMassiveReally

Since I took the decision at the age of 16 to join Bayern, I have been proud every single day to have been part of this amazing club.

Toni Kroos

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Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.

Tom Wolfe

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I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class.

Mirai Nagasu

TroubleClassAlwaysGetting

What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten. And to do it quickly. Many competitive mnemonists argue that their skills are less a feat of memory than of creativity.

Joshua Foer

GreatCreativityMemoryMindFly

I think that one of the things that Democrats, in particular, need to recognize is that the way we have sometimes thought about issues as just affecting a particular group of people is not necessarily right.

Jason Kander

PeopleThinkThoughtSometimesGroup

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

Jonathan Shapiro

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I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called 'Diagnosis: Unknown.'

Cote de Pablo

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God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I'm sure he didn't call everybody jerks.

Clint Eastwood

GodBestPeopleBrainToughYou

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian.

Philippe Perrin

SpaceAmericanNobodyGoPrivilege

I'll be honest - my buddies are always going round saying, 'Put a shirt on. Jeez,' but I grew up on the beach. I grew up surfing. I grew up outdoors. I've sort of always liked being shirtless.

Scott Eastwood

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A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback.

Tina Yothers

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