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Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want
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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Hunter Stockton Thompson
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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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Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal.
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Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.
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I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
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I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.
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Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.
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Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious.
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Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
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