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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

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Sydney J. Harris
Age: 69 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 14
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
Journalist
London
England
Sydney Harris
Angry
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Small
Power
Doe
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Something
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Size

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