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Arthur Lewis

The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings.

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punch-drunk

[punch-drunk] {adj.} 1. Dazed or become dulled in the mind from being hit in the head. * /He was a punch-drunk boxer who made his living shining shoes./ 2. In […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make a difference

[make a difference] or [make the difference] {v. phr.} To change the nature of something or a situation; be important; matter. * /John's good score on the test made the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Tom Waits

(1949--) U.S. singer Maybe there's no devil; it's just God when He's drunk. www.english-slang.com

George Gobel(1919-1991)

U.S. comedian I have never been drunk, but I've often been overserved. www.english-slang.com

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