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“Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up.”

Key West, Fla., August 1973 “Truth” Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1

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Quote October 26 2012

"Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up."

Key West, Fla., August 1973From: "Truth" Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1

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Grapevine Daily Quote July 27, 2019

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

“The Great Art of Living,” Cumbria, June 1975, Emotional Sobriety II

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Quote July 27, 2017

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

Cumbria, June 1975 “The Great Art of Living,” Emotional Sobriety II

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Quote July 27, 2014

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

Cumbria, June 1975 “The Great Art of Living,” Emotional Sobriety II

Grapevine Daily Quote July 27, 2018

“We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we’re not talking!”

“The Best Listeners” Maspeth, New York, May 1998, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Quote July 27 2013

"We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we're not talking!"

Maspeth, N.Y., May 1998 "The Best Listeners" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Grapevine Daily Quote September 30, 2018

“Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober.”

“My Best Day Sober,” Lubbock, Texas, December 2000, No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Quote September 30, 2016

“Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober.”

Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 1997 “The Littlest Things” No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Quote September 30 2013

"Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."

Lubbock, Texas, December 2000 "My Best Day Sober" No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote August 16, 2018

“The temporary or seeming good can often be the deadly enemy of the permanent best.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1955, “Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous”, The Language of the Heart

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Quote Feb 11 2016

"The temporary or seeming good can often be the deadly enemy of the permanent best."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1955    From: "Why Alcoholics Anonymous Is Anonymous"    The Language of the Heart

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Quote February 11, 2013

"The temporary or seeming good can often be the deadly enemy of the permanent best."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1955 From: “Why Alcoholics Anonymous Is Anonymous” The Language of the Heart

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Quote August 16 2013

"The temporary or seeming good can often be the deadly enemy of the permanent best."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1955 "Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous" The Language of the Heart

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Quote November 26

"After so many years of being a hazard, a public nuisance at best, I feel obliged to do something positive."

Nipawin, Saskatchewan, November 2003 From: "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Happy, Joyous and Free: The Lighter Side of Sobriety

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