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When in a state of equinimity which is quite rare between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner, a typical male will usually just nod and pretend to listen while reading a newspaper or watching tv.
Idle chatter ... Frank Wilson 2007
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My belief is that their equinimity is the result of knowing they committed crimes, and most certainly not the belief that they wouldn’t be indicted or be odds on to be convicted once indicted.
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His vote would not be any ‘more equal’ than if he was treated with equinimity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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His vote would not be any ‘more equal’ than if he was treated with equinimity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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Only fanatical utopians and the cowardly whited sepulchres who run the establishment could possibly look on this process with equinimity.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Zen does not require no violence, but that when you commit violence it is in a state of equinimity and inner peace.
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I didnt want to start on my life because i knew it was going to be hard -- i mean, i put off the smallest and biggest of things for months with the exact same equinimity.
i-claudius Diary Entry i-claudius 2007
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You would be surprised I was and still am at the equinimity with which some people face Federal criminal investigations and prosecutions, right up to the guilty verdict and through the sentencing.
Firedoglake » Rove to Rescue the Weakling in the White House 2006
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Now who was it who posted that white collar criminal defendants seem to handle their predicament with a great deal of equinimity?
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Have You Heard the One About…. 2006
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I used to accept everything with equinimity, then I heard that AEI asswipe praise KKKarl for his equinimity and I decided I needed to respond to everything in an overblown manner.
vanishedone commented on the word equinimity
Googling suggests that this is, among other things, the maker of 'the hoofpick that can tackle all your hardest dirt, mud and snow'; but I prefer to think of it as the state of mind perfected by enlightened horses.
February 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word equinimity
Very good, VO.
I'd like to own a hoofpick. It would be a curio.
February 7, 2008
equinimity commented on the word equinimity
EQUINIMITY: A situational human product of sheer commonality.
December 18, 2009
TankHughes commented on the word equinimity
Misspelling of equanimity?
October 9, 2016