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This is the fast lane, folks...and some of us like it here.

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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
Autobiographer
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Politician
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hunter Stockton Thompson
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They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know how those bastards think.
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There might be some serious fun in politics.
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I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.
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I harbor a secret urge to whack a salesman in the face, crack his teeth and put red bumps around his eyes.
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A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here for five years.
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That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians- even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates- were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children.
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We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear
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Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
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You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.
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There is always room for losers in the football business. They are the mother's milk of gambling, and why not? Somebody has to do it, or there won't be any winners.
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I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
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Turn the goddam music up! My heart feels like an alligator!
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I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.
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Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel.
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I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it.
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Some people will tell you that slow is good - but I'm here to tell you that fast is better.
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One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one to bed with you tonight.
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It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy.
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