"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."
-William Butler Yeats
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"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.“
-William Butler Yeats
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"I love each and every one of you but, like my own family, you thrill, you frustrate, you anger."
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"Anger becomes limiting, restricting. You can't see through it. While anger is there, look at that, too. But after a while, you have to look at something else."
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"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."
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"Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one."
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"I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration."
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"In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well."
-Edmund S. Muskie
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