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Themes

  • Anger — Managing emotion, frustration, and the fires within

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“Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.”
— Frank Moore Colby
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“Cast your cares on God that anchor holds.”
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“I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.”
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“That is the consolation of a little mind you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.”
— Frank Moore Colby
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“Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?”
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“That is the consolation of a little mind you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.”
— Frank Moore Colby
mind
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