"All socialists have bad backs because we slouch â€” except when we're watching the news when we sit on the edge of our seats, shout, and wave our arms. Generally we sit hunched, arms crossed in a judgemental way, the whole of our bodies pulled into a frown."

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Source : "Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation", BBC Radio 4, 2007.

Jeremy Hardy

#Judgemental Quotes #News Quotes #Body Quotes

“As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.”
“The fact that the laws of physics don't change as if you move in time has physical implications that there's this thing called energy and energy is conserved, and the same thing - and the fact that the laws of physics don't change of you move back and forth in different directions in space implies that there is something called momentum and momentum is conserve and doesn't change as you evolve in time.”
“The best thing that a coach can have is experience. The first time that you're going out to lead a team on the field, you have certainly thought about what you're going to say, but it gets easier as you go. You'll learn what works and what doesn't, not just about what you do on the field but what you say to players to get them motivated.”
“A lot of the reason I left New York, in addition to being so broke, was that I just felt I was becoming provincial in that way that only New Yorkers are. My points of reference were really insular. They were insular in that fantastic New York way, but they didn't go much beyond that. I didn't have any sense of class and geography, because the economy of New York is so specific. So I definitely had access and exposure to a huge variety of people that I wouldn't have had if I'd stayed in New York - much more so in Nebraska even than in L.A.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think I've been able to be in some really good projects with some really good people.”
“The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude for example gratitude that things are not worse, the trained mind the right habits of thought - lifeskills, will bring to us the best there is in the universe.”
“You are afraid to die, and youâ€™re afraid to live. What a way to exist.”
“Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.”

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