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For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew before could call me or reach me.

~Daniel Baldwin

Topics: About Addict Am Before Call Cell Cell Phone Change Could Eliminate Getting Knew Know Me Need Needed Numbers People Phone Places Reach Slippery Start Stuff Take Talk Things Those Thoughts Type You I Am

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I think readers are always patient. Look at the 'Harry Potter' series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages of dense prose. I think reading a comic by comparison is a lot more immediate.

~Dave Gibbons

Topics: Addict Always Comic Comparison Dense Game Generation Given Harry Harry Potter Hundreds Immediate Kids Look Lot Lots More Pages Patient Patiently People Potter Prose Readers Reading Series Some Spend Think This Generation Through Time Tv Up I Think

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Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.

~David Malpass

Topics: Addict Addicted Contemplation Extraction Legal Little Moral Pause Politicians Revenue Spending

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The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.

~David Wilkerson

Topics: Addict Alcohol Around Born Centers Challenge Countries Days Early Early Days Even Girl Homes Humble Include Many Ministry Muslim Now Out Over Reaching Rehab Teen Those Which Women World

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I was a sci-fi addict when I was a kid and a teenager. Novels, graphic novels, movies, it was my way to deal with reality.

~Denis Villeneuve

Topics: Addict Deal Graphic Graphic Novels Kid Movies Novels Reality Sci-Fi Teenager Way

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I'm a complete addict of The 'X Factor,' so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But there's a downside to celebrity: your life is up for grabs, your career is much more disposable, and you are therefore vulnerable. It's a high price to pay.

~Diana Quick

Topics: Addict Career Celebrity Complete Disposable Downside Everyone Factor Gets High Inspired Life More Much Pay Price See Therefore Up Vulnerable Why You Your I Can X Factor

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I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

~Donatella Versace

Topics: Addict Boots By The Time Fashion Old Time Wear Years

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Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available we are to the very moment we seek to preserve.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Addict Attempt Available Beauty Botox Diminishing Less Like Moment More Paralyzed Passage Preserve Returns Seek Stop Time Very

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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

~Edie Falco

Topics: Accurate Addict Changed Considered Dramatically Family Having Last Life Longer My Life Myself Now Number Over Priorities Shifted Think Time Work Years I Think

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E-cigarette companies are using shameful tactics, such as Joe Camel-like cartoons in advertisements and creating e-cigarette flavors like bubblegum and cotton candy, to addict our children early - and guarantee another generation of smokers.

~Elizabeth Esty

Topics: Addict Advertisement Another Candy Cartoons Children Companies Cotton Creating Early Flavors Generation Guarantee Joe Like Our Shameful Smokers Tactics Using

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