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• Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it.

  Samuel Johnson

  Pain, Injury

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.247

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• Resentment is a union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavor to avoid with a passion which all concur to detest.

  Samuel Johnson

  Passion, Sorrow, Unions

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.124

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• In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

  Bob Dylan

  Pawns, Grudge, Ceremony

  Song: Love Minus Zero, Album: Bringing All Back Home

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• Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Jobs, World, Rivals

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• Resentment is an extremely bitter diet, I have no desire to make my own toxins.

  Neil Kinnock

  Revenge, Desire, Toxins

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• More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

  Edward Sapir

  Unconscious

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.277, Walter de Gruyter

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• Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

  Stephen Covey

  Disappointment, Winning, People

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.

  Rick Warren

  Hurt, Pain, Past

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

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• A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Men, Nails, Armor

  Elisabeth Elliot (2007). “The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity”, p.153, Revell

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• Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

  Dan Miller

  Optimism, Worry, Sorrow

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• Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.

  Dana Plato

  Growing Up, Vacation, Skills

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.

  Craig T. Nelson

  Thinking, Compassion, Giving

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• There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure.

  Charles James Fox

  Men, Resistance, Size

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• Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff.

  Kevin Rudd

  Anger, Years, Hatred

  "Late Night Live" with Phillip Adams, www.abc.net.au. August 4, 2010.

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• If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?

  Vanessa Marcil

  Deny, Resentful, Ifs

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• To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

  Tacitus

  May, Shows, Acknowledge

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• Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

  Christopher Durang

  Jobs, Acting, Sometimes

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• Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it.

  Brian Austin Green

  Worry, Normal, I Can

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• It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

  John Henry Newman

  Get Up, Difficult, Persons

  'Apologia pro Vita Sua' (1864) 'Mr Kingsley's Method of Disputation'

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• I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.

  Max Roach

  Roles, Drummer, Figures

  "Max Roach, Master of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83" by Peter Keepnews, www.nytimes.com. August 17, 2007.

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• I resent performing for frisking idiots who don't know anything.

  John Lennon

  Music, Art, Idiot

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• When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practice that prompt repression of resentment and aggression.

  C. Wright Mills

  Jobs, Practice, White

  C. Wright Mills (2002). “White Collar: The American Middle Classes”, p.17, Oxford University Press

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• You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

  Wayne Dyer

  Practice, Two, Self

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Mar 14, 2015

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• Don't divide the world into "them" and "us."

  Donald Rumsfeld

  World, Rivals, Infatuation

  Donald Rumsfeld (2004). “The World According to Rummy”, Welcome Rain Publishers

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• Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Karma, Wise

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