Irwin ShawI never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
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If you are the type of person who gets up in the morning and drinks a few glasses of wine before work, you will be sure to have some ideas that would never have occurred to you if you had not been drinking. You are probably not the kind of person who thinks about things that are too difficult or too complicated. All you want to do is get your job done and go home. That's why it's important for you to drink responsibly before starting your day.
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