Clare Balding People Quotations

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.

I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting.

I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.

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.

Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.