Arabella Weir quotes

Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat. (Arabella Weir)
If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of self-doubting, self-hating madness that is stop-start dieting and crazy new exercise regimes. View quote
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My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which, after all, presents its own hurdles. View quote
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With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain. View quote
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The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too. View quote
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Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot Hamish Macbeth. View quote
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If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly. View quote
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When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list. View quote
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My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. View quote
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Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be. View quote
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If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out. (Arabella Weir)
There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures. View quote
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My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo. View quote
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I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London. View quote
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I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used. View quote
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When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche. View quote
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There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know. View quote
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Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying. View quote
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I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity. View quote
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My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad. View quote
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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight. (Arabella Weir)
Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth. View quote
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I dont understand boys - just ask my husband. View quote
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In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year. View quote
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Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table. View quote
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