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The important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. it is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. anger is a form of recognition. it amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. actually, they haven't.
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The Important Consideration Is Not Your Opponents,

Ayn Rand
The important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. it is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. anger is a form of recognition. it amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. actually, they haven't.
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