"For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself."
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"But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion."
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"I love each and every one of you but, like my own family, you thrill, you frustrate, you anger."
-John Buchanan
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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."
-Thylias Moss
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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."
-Lord Halifax
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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."
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