Straight Edge
Tim and his bandmates, except for Barnes, are straight edge; a lifestyle that eliminates drugs, alcohol and tobacco, but can also encompass other things seen as potentially addictive such as promiscuous sex or caffeine.
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Famous quotes containing the words straight and/or edge:
“Never believe straight off in a man’s unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer’s “yes,” all’s well. That is enough.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blow up in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)