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Choosing not to act on an angry impulse and to feel the pain that lies beneath it is a very courageous thing to do.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Angry
Lies
Lying
Pain
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Choosing
Feels
Courageous
Thing
Beneath
Impulse

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