“Put simply, I’ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage — self-destructive, destroy-the-world rage — and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.”
– Sidney Poitier
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i gotta tell ya. sidney (yes, poitier) and i carried on a conversation while waiting in line at borders in the century city mall. i told him he’s even handsomer in person than the movies! it went on from there…he’s incredible and kind and elegant and so intelligent! sigh.
his book “the measure of a man” is a must read. love him!
Yes, a good read. Plowed through it on the plane. The quote above jumped out at me.
Recommended. Check it out.