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I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.
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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Hunter Stockton Thompson
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I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.
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A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit - no matter how often he's reminded of it - that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley.
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But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.
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Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store.
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I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it.
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One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.
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Old elephants limp off to the hills to die old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.
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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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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it.
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Life is beautiful and living is pain.
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Sportswriters are a rude and brainless subculture of fascist drunks
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