tobacco and alcohol built empires

consoling

"Had I never really fucked up, my memoir would not have been half as interesting."
- Anthony Bourdain [1956-2018]

on addiction

"It makes you feel 1000% better. No, a million times. You'll do anything, from stealing to straight gay prostitution to finance the next high. It doesn't discriminate; all socioeconomic, intellectual stratas are represented."
- Louis Theroux's Dark States

Alma mater

Kurt Cobain left resources to his old high-school to fund art scholarships without consideration of academic performance.

"Wet sand is the color of good heroin."
- A deceased veteran of current wars

"Acting is difficult at least for me."
- Philip Seymour Hoffman

"Flattery is a form of smack."
- Keith Richards

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