Quote by James Baldwin
Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. – James Baldwin

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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden. – James Baldwin

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

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When the book comes out it may hurt you — but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself. – James Baldwin

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Anger
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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. – Alanis Morissette

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As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. – Rodney King

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The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. – John Dryden

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He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. – John Ruskin

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Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. – Buddha

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Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe thats their gift. – Denzel Washington

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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. – Edmund Burke

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