"My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect ends and the poisoning begins ... This is my sixth year of sobriety. Overcoming alcoholism has been my greatest challenge and my greatest reward."

-- Mercedes McCambridge

#Reality Quotes #Years Quotes #Sobriety Quotes

“Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”
“And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on the ground like a frightened canary every time there was a cloud in the sky. If a pilot showed an obvious preference for flying only in the best conditions he soon found himself looking for work. This was the way of his life and he had always ascended when others had found excuse to keep their feet on the ground.”
“Yes, we all know that there's a good chance the missiles won't work properly when the government people finally come to get them, but over the years we've stopped worrying about that. Deep down, most of us feel it's probably better this way. After all, if there are families in faraway countries with their own backyard missiles, armed and pointed back at us, we would hope that they too have found a much better use for them.”
“I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the fame, well - you know what? - you dont actually have to buy into it if you dont want to.”

Source : "'There wasn't a minute I didn't love being Winnie'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2010.
“Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.”
“There's a black rose growing in your garden.”
“The paintings have a lot to do with the idea of seeing and doing, and the relationship between your hand and your eye, and the object.”
“Said I'll make it big when, everybody know me Well, I made it big and, everybody phony”

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