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"The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic."
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"How would I explain to him that I couldn't make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him?"
"So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone."
"Getting angry is like burning yourself with other people's fires. Let is stop by being kind and forgiving like water."
"Getting angry is like burning yourself with other people's fires. Let us stop it by being kind and forgiving like water."
"He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him."
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"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."
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"I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope that we have in the human breast to achieve something."
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