Arabella Weir

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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

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  • “Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing – once you’ve achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?” -Arabella Weir

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  • “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.” -Arabella Weir

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  • “I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.” -Arabella Weir

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  • “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.” -Arabella Weir

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  • “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?” -Arabella Weir

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  • “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.” -Arabella Weir

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  • “My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.” -Arabella Weir

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  • “If one’s honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.” -Arabella Weir

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