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"I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way."

"Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting in an expensive restaurant ordering a hundred dishes, only to disappear when the bill came due. It left her lucid mind to do dishes."

"It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper."

"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it."

"I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman."

"We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority."
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"I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life."


"I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious."


"A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour."


"I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather."


"And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle."


"I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!"


"I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving."


"I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out."


"I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed."
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