A Quote by Daniel Fried

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

Daniel Fried

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Alcohol Blind Cheap Drunk First Like Makes Nationalism Then

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Daniel Fried
American - Diplomat
Born: 1952

Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.

Lord Byron

She wants to drink that man too, and then she can forget forever the cheap wine that you gulp down and that makes you feel drunk, but always leaves you with a headache and an empty space in your soul.

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Jackie Robinson

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Daniel Gilbert

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James Baldwin

You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job.

Russell Pearce

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Robertson Davies

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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

Benjamin Whichcote

The way I eat in my day-to-day life is, like, very simple to the point of being absurd. Like, my boyfriend makes fun of me because if I'm eating a snack, it's often, like, a pickle and then a hard-boiled egg and then crackers and then maybe a carrot, and it's like I'm eating like a baby.

Lisa Hanawalt

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Johnny Cash

For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to fall: The order of the phrases makes no difference at all.