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Getting drunk . . . you're in complete control up to a point. It's your choice, every time you take a sip. You have a lot of small choices. It's like . . . I guess it's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation . . .

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Jim Morrison
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: December 8
Died: 1971
Died: July 3
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