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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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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Well, anything can happen and it happened to me. I learned everybody has a story.
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Just like food, you could think peanut butter is your favorite food for 5,000 years and then be like, 'I actually like burgers better', you know? I was just trying to say that kids and people in general don't have to label themselves and say, 'I'm straight' or 'I'm gay' or 'I'm whatever.'
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The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.
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When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear.
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When I'm not working, I'm on the road with my band. Or I'm performing in poetry houses doing spoken work. So I've got another passion and another outlet that allows me to be creatively fulfilled and not sitting at home pulling my hair out waiting for the right role to come along.
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In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.
