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Venting Quotes

As an artist, you have to keep reinventing yourself.

"The Walker". Interview with Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. December 23, 2002.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

"Mountain of Snakes (Part II)" by Sean Penn, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2008.

Suffering is nothing. It's all a matter of preventing those you love from suffering.

"The art of suffering" by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2002.

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself.

Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.117, Canongate Books

You try a lot of things and you don't know what the hell you're doing. If you're actually inventing something you shouldn't know what you're doing.

"Flickr Co-Founder Caterina Fake on the Value of Viral Loops. Exclusive Q&A". Interview with Adam L. Penenberg, www.fastcompany.com. December 10, 2009.

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it.

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.233, Broadway Books

Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.200, ReadHowYouWant.com

Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.

Mireille Guiliano (2009). “Women, Work, and the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

[It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it.

George Eliot (1872). “Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life”, p.105