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Kevin Rudd

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.

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Kevin Rudd is saying that holding onto strong negative feelings like anger and bitterness wastes valuable time in life. He emphasizes that these emotions are heavy burdens that prevent us from fully enjoying our limited time.

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