Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.

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Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I am extraordinarily sensitive to those poor, marvelous words left in our dark night by a few men I never knew.

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A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting. _ H. L. Mencken

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I have a power word that I use-when I qualified for the Olympics in 2008, it was fighter. That way when I'm in the race and I get to those dark moments, I can think of the word and it evokes that emotion for me.

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I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am. — Beyoncé

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Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Life is a message scribbled in the dark.

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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

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I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black. — Joe Biden

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