Once you tie anger and ego ...

Once you tie anger and ego together then you\'re a monster, at least a latent one. So you have to be able to separate those things before you are going to be able to do anything useful with your anger.
Once you tie anger and ego together then you're a monster, at least a latent one. So you have to be able to separate those things before you are going to be able to do anything useful with your anger.
 Bruce Cockburn

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