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Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
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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Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception.
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She was wearing the same clothes, but now she looked haggard and dirty. The delicate illusions that get us through life can only stand so much strain.
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We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic.
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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
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