The Point Is To Change One's Life. The Point Is Not To Give Some Vent To The Emotions That Have Been Destroying One; The Point Is So To Act That One Can Master Them Now. - SearchQuotes

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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Barbara Deming

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