Elaine Equi Quotes

I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and much preferred the slow taffy-pull of time that you get with opiates.

Elaine Equi

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• Opiates
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  Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe
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• I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and much preferred the slow taffy-pull of time that you get with opiates.

  

  Elaine Equi
  • Speed
  • Drugs
  • Opiates