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Anger

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This reflection on anger by Joan Rivers resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in anger is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that was heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians, delivered in her signature New York accent. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy. She received an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nomination for a Tony Award.

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"I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor."

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"We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves."

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"It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres."

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"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

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