"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

Anger, Work, Frustration

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"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

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"I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

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"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Anger is an agro-chemical that makes self-destruction to grow faster. Like a stone thrown upward, all angry people eventually fall down into the dirty ditch of sorrowful self-harm and a pathetic loss of real-self."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again."

Paula Cole, American Musician

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"Men in rage strike those that wish them best."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"A moment of anger is a moment of resentment and madness which can burn your heart."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage."

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"Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others."

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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?"

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes."

Process

"And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone."

Time

"I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity."

Work

"In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure."

Time

"And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions."

Work

"What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become."

Art

"I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing."

Being

"If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses."

Motivational

"But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing."

Running

"I'll talk. You'll listen."

Talk