Elaine Equi Quotes
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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History will treat me right.
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I'm filming the next two installments of the 'Fifty Shades' movies back-to-back.
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My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.
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I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'
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Of course it was cause and effect, but in the necessity with which follows the other lay all tragedy of life.
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You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.
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I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting.
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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.
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There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks we can deal with anyway.
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Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.
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I don't like to see anyone suffer, and there's a very, very fine line between being healthy and working and totally down and out.
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What this country needs... what this great land of ours needs is something to happen to it. Something ferocious and tragic, like what happened to Jericho or the cities of the plain - something terrible I mean, son, so that when the people have been through hellfire and the crucible, and have suffered agony enough and grief, they’ll be people again, human beings, not a bunch of smug contented cows rooting at the trough.
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When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly.
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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic - to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.
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In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.
