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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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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There is no better way to improve wages and working conditions in our country than to support the right to unionize. Throughout our history, unions have improved the lives of millions of American families, grown the middle class, and pushed our economy forward.
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I'd like to protect children, too, but… is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good. … They've midwived a lot of good ideas… lot of great songs, you know? I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. … I think Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. There, I said it.
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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
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I was seized with a strong desire to write poetry, so strong, in fact, that in imagination I thought I heard a voice crying in my ears – "Write! Write". I wondered what could be the matter with me, and I began to walk backwards and forwards in a great fit of excitement, saying to myself– "I know nothing about poetry."
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The only man who can't change his mind is a man who hasn't got one.
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Eloquence is heard; poetry is overheard ... All poetry is of the nature of the soliloquy.
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In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.
