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“Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.”

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Book:Wealth of Words
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“A certain emotional frostiness is the heritage of a culture that puts great stock in WASP values: One does not talk about money sex, religion, and above all, one does not expose one's feelings. If a case can be made for the cultural contouring of personality, the Puritan ethic is the culprit in such rubrics as 'Children should be seen and not heard' and 'Never complain, never explain.”

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Book:Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life
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