"Alcohol may also persuade us that we have found the truth about life, a comforting experience rarely available in the sober hour."

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Source : "A Few Too Many" by Joan Acocella, www.newyorker.com. May 26, 2008.

Joan Acocella

#Drinking Quotes #Alcohol Quotes #Comforting Quotes

“My father's a keen sportsman, and so is my mother. My mother's brothers all played international rugby for Samoa. That's where I got my dreams from.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.”
“Things are seldom what they seem.”
“I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.”
“Through the history of art we can see through the emotional life, and sometimes the financial security of some of the artists, some transformation. And I really believe that it's generally about the same kind of transformation and the same kind of reaction. We are a little bit less individual than we would like to believe or guess we are.”
“Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot.”
“I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV.”
“Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.”

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