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Sharon Olds

"So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!"

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"So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!"

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"When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place."

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"The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we were all getting high a lot. My parents were relieved when I got off the Eagles treadmill."

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"At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water."

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"It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself."

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"Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself."

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"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."

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"The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation."

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"Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs."

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

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"When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time."
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