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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

William Shenstone

English poet and landscape gardener (1714-1763)

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.

Dominic Chianese

American actor, animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist

I’m fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there’s a lot of poetry in it. There’s a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ’cause it’s important.

John F. Kerry

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Horace

Roman lyric poet

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Lee Iacocca

American businessman

As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.

Robin Gibb

British singer (1949-2012)

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Ovid

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

Gary Oldman

British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis (1849-1916)

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