Elaine Equi Quotes
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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The only way I hear gossip is if it's big enough and loud enough for my friends to bring it up to me. Or if it's, like, a big untrue ordeal from my publicist – and she hates making that phone call!
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It's better to spend a lot on a getup you love than a fraction of that on something, or even five of those somethings, that you'll never bother to take out of the shopping bag. By the way, this advice also applies to discount love interests. And half-price sushi.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
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I took a 51 day trip through Asia; 12 countries and 26 cities. I traveled for 51 days. So, it was everywhere from Sri Lanka and that all the way to Japan, where we ended it.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have gone before and paved a way for me play in their stomping grounds. Doubtless those who want to be offended, will - allowing me to make them happy, too, which pleases me as much as it pleases them.
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Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.
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There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.
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For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.
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In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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And at the last, a war between magic and science that would leave the world in ashes. At the center of all this were a man and a woman, who were still children now.
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Art is not an object, but a way of looking at an object.
