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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
Autobiographer
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Journalist
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Kentucky
Hunter Stockton Thompson
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If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone.
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We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world — a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts.
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