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The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life
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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 not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.
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I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.
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I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking - which is fun only for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling.
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I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism.
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There might be some serious fun in politics.
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We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear
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All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that.
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