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If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.
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'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
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On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
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