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"I have a temper on me that could hold back tides."
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"Few artists can afford artistic temperament."

"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end."

"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."

"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."

"It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper."
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"Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society."

"You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music."

"I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more."

"If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery."

"Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation."

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

"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."

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

"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."
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