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A man has to BE something he has to matter.
Hunter S. Thompson
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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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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
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To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.
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The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.
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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 hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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We are all wired into a survival trip, now.
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Sane is rich and powerful. Insane is wrong and poor and weak. The rich are free, the poor are put in cages. Res Ipsa Loquitur, amen. Mahalo.
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You took too much man, too much, too much.
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Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.
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Without gambling, I would not exist.
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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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I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.
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To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully.
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The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.
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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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All advice can only be a product of the man who gives it.
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If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club.
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I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography. I never knew what was going to come up next.
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Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears
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Familiarity seems to breed contempt
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