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.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'
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What does that suggest when a compound this simple plays such an important role? To me it suggests that nitric oxide is one of the most primitive elements of cellular signaling, that it goes way back into evolution.
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I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.
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I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.
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We were all up there, Dick and Mary and Rosie and Larry Mathews and I looked around and I said, inadvertently, 'Look at this, we could do a show,'
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I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it.
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Let mine not be that saddest fate of all To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall... "She lives, but all her usefulness is past."
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Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive!
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I want to communicate. I do; every artist does. That's why you're an artist.
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I am what I am, I am not afraid of what I am, or of people's perception of me.
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I don't see a future in music unless you are one of the 5pc of massive artists.
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I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.
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I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.
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People forget I did highlights for four years at halftime on ABC.
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The settle, followed by 10 for power will give you that grasp on their nuts that you need. Once you've got that, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze and squeeze and don't ever let up! You'll just be breaking 1500 meters down when you hear them yelp. Listen for the yelp, and then bring it into the dock.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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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.
