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There is nothing worse than a man in the throws of an ether bender.
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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Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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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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