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Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
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They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should be castrated anyway.
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Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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