It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from … - Shirley Chisholm

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I train a lot of people on the side as a personal trainer, but I still work out myself to keep in great shape.

Shirley Chisholm

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.

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