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" Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity. "

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" In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know? "

" Conversations with sisters can spark extremes of anger or extremes of love. Everything said between sisters carries meaning not only from what was just said but from all the conversations that came before - and 'before' can span a lifetime. The layers of meaning combine profound connection with equally profound competition. "

" Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom. "

Linton Kwesi Johnson

" You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them. "

" During his last 18 months in office, Eisenhower flew to Asia, Europe, and Latin America and deployed his war hero's popularity to seek new friends for America while trying to improve relations with Moscow. By the time Ike left office, most Americans had forgotten their anger over losing the space race to the Soviets. "

Michael Beschloss

" I don't think I've ever had a conversation with a comedian who stole except for when it's been in anger. "

" Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. "

George William Curtis

" Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. "

" I could feel my moral compass as a soldier, in danger of - I could feel the squeeze, the pressure of frustration and anger and fear combining on me... I felt the danger; I felt the squeeze of it. "

" We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration. "

Alanis Morissette

" As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness. "

" When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it? "

" Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. "

Thomas a Kempis

" Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we harm them - does not need to impede military operations. "

" Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous. "

" You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do. "

" We're not accustomed to giving women the space to express the full range of emotions and flaws that men are permitted. Anger and aggressiveness aren't part of the scale of what is acceptable behavior in women, whereas men - in reality and in fiction - are allowed a much fuller range of emotion. "

" Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well. "

" Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state. "

" Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. "

Charles Simmons

" When liberals dismiss all Trump supporters as racists, this only fuels their anger. "

Stephanie Coontz

" We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor. "

" What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect. "

" I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative. "

Lisa Marie Presley

" Nothing is written in stone. So don't prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it. "

" 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

" Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. The notion that it is the occasion for our cleverness fills me with baffled bitterness and anger. "

" When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all. "