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title: "9 Takes Drink Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-lewis/a-man-takes-a-drink-the-drink-takes-another-and-the-drink-takes-the/)

[Sinclair Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-lewis/)

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> [It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-takes-only-one-drink-to-get-me-drunk-the-trouble-is-i-can-t/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/actually-it-only-takes-one-drink-to-get-me-loaded-trouble-is-i-can-t/)

[George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/)

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> [First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/first-you-take-a-drink-then-the-drink-takes-a-drink-then-the-drink/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink takes the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/first-the-man-takes-a-drink-then-the-drink-takes-a-drink-then-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paris-hilton/all-it-takes-is-one-drink-to-mess-with-the-way-you-drive-it-clouds/)

[Paris Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paris-hilton/)

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> [At the punch-bowl's brink, let the thirsty think, what they say in Japan: first the man takes a drink, then the drink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rowland-sill/at-the-punch-bowl-s-brink-let-the-thirsty-think-what-they-say-in/)

[Edward Rowland Sill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rowland-sill/)

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> [Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/mirroring-behavior-when-a-mark-takes-a-drink-from-his-water-glass-so/)

[Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/holly-black-329_behavior_mirroring-behavior-when-a-mark-takes-a-d_1025208.jpg)

> [“That's how this world works. To get a lot, you have to at least give a little. You have to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-myers/that-s-how-this-world-works-to-get-a-lot-you-have-to-at-least-give-a/)

[Jason Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-myers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/jason-myers-11055_hard-work_that-s-how-this-world-works-to-get-a-lot_1674034.jpg)

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