Arabella Weir

• "If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.“
• "My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.“
• "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.“
• "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.“
• "Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?“
• "I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.“
• "I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.“
• "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.“
• "Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?“
• "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.“

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