Bell Hooks
Author, Feminist, Social Activist
"The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged."
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Rage
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James A. Baldwin
Writer
"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage."
Ovid
Poet
"Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength."
Brigham Young
Religious Leader
"He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool."
Katie Holmes
Actress
"I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine."
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"There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other."
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"When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing."
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"To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy."
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"It's not rage that drives me, it's competition."
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"The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear."
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"Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance."
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"Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force."
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"I'm going to Ibiza with the lads! I’ll probably come back a raging alcoholic."
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"The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood."
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"Let not your rage or malice destroy a life."
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"The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love."
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"Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?"
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"He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I fear my God, and I fear none but Him."
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"To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence."
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"In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going."
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"If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage."
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"When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion."
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"The only way I've been able to stay informed without letting fury rule my life is to channel my rage into something that ultimately feels like love to me. The place I do that the best is in my writing. That's where I feel like I can tap into the power of story and maybe bring something good into the world."
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"Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage."
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"All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage."
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