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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I drive from home to my office, a small apartment on the river in the center of Dublin. I write there from 9 a.m. to lunchtime, I take a simple lunch-bread, cheese, nice cup of tea-work until 6 p.m., then home for dinner. Viewed from outside my head it is a singularly dull and uneventful day, but inside my head … aaah.
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My friends are mostly familiar with music that plays on the mainstream radio.
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I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.
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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
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As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.
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In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.
