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Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
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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Kentucky
Hunter Stockton Thompson
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No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
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Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.
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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 had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.
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When you push a car off a cliff and blow it up, be sure to roll the windows down to avoid shrapnel. Also, strip the license plate so you're not billed for the cleanup.
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming Wow! What a Ride!
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Every reaction is a learning process every significant experience alters your perspective. So it would seem foolish, would it not, to adjust our lives to the demands of a goal we see from a different angle everyday? How could we ever hope to accomplish anything anther than galloping neurosis?
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I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.
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The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
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Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.
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The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.
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We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear
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