"I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at."

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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2008.

Jenny Eclair

#Moderation Quotes #Lows Quotes #Keel Quotes

“Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable.”

Source : "Josephine Hart obituary" by Lennie Goodings, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2011.
“Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.”
“You want to hate somebody, if you can, just to keep your powers of discrimination bright, and to save yourself from becoming a mere mush of good-nature.”
“I'm not sure how healthy it is to shoot police helicopters with bazookas.”
“Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.”
“The mood was terrible. You could see it in everybody's eyes. The body language was just defeated. When they put me in I was hoping I could give us some energy and try to bring us back.”
“I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.”
“When I saw the rough cuts of â€˜The Village of Peace,â€™ I was immediately intrigued and wanted to share this story on the global stage.”

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