Im not interested in the limelight.

I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

You can never, never have too many books

I am a new creation in the Christ Jesus. Amen!

the book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. once invented, it cannot be improved

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

We didn't intend to hurt each other, and we don't have time to do so. Life is too short to blame others. It's now the past. I hope that everybody will do well in the long run.

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.

I think we should do meditation and yoga at work.

I like to promote fitness by walking around home in my underwear.