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Van Morrison Singer-Songwriter
Alcohol

"Basically I got an insight into what it really was through Alcoholics Anonymous. One day the switchboard lit up and I saw where it was all going. I saw what alcohol could do to people and I saw that it wasn't a good thing anymore. Plus I wasn't a teenager anymore myself."

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Tom Arnold Actor, Comedian
Alcohol

"The misconception about Hollywood is that it's a crazy drug and alcohol fueled place. It can be but there's also a huge sober community."

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Sharon Stone Actress
Alcohol

"I think, at a certain point, it's better for women not to have any alcohol because it can make your face, breasts and midsection get very bloated."

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Ringo Starr Musician, Songwriter
Alcohol

"No, no, no, I don't snort no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, then it makes it hard to find the door."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
Alcohol

"from one minute to the next the present is merely an honorary past. It must be filled unceasingly anew to dissemble the curse it carries within itself; that is why Americans like speed, alcohol, thriller films and any sensational news: the demand for new things, and ever newer things, is feverish since nowhere will they rest."

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Jack London Novelist, Journalist
Alcohol

"Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body."

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Neil Young Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Alcohol

"When I first tried out some hash, smoked some then. And I'll do it again, if only I had some cash."

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