Years Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

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Hunter S. Thompson’s take on years feels like a frantic ride through a neon‑lit night. In 20 gritty lines he mixes cynicism with a restless yearning for meaning, capturing the chaotic spirit of his prose.

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I've been studying drugs for years.

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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…

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The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as…

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Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year…

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No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50.…

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It's hard to say what I meant by "as we know it." I'm not about to go up on a mountain on…

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I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still…

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The years after 2000 will be a monumental change in the way life is lived here. It will be harder and harder…

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What the hell is the sense of trying to hold the Democratic party together, if it's really a party of expediency, something…

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The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National…

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I got tired and embarrassed by the constant poverty of those years. I told Doug [ Brinkley] this is really going to…

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October is the cruelest month of any election year, but by then, the pain is so great that even the strong are…

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It is all well and good for children and acid freaks to still believe in Santa Claus — but it is still…

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I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen -…

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There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and…

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And that, I think, was the handle--that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean…

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In the terms of our Great Society the Hell's Angels and their ilk are losers - dropouts, failures and malcontents. They are…

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Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all…

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If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with…

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In four short years he has turned our country from a prosperous nation at peace into a desperately indebted nation at war.…

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“There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was — as Khrushchev said of Nixon —…

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“Cases of champagne and scotch lay broken in the street, and everyone I saw had a bottle. They were screaming and dancing, and in…

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No music + Bad TV = Bad mood & no pages.

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By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart…

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No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What…

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“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs”

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Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.

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If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint…

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At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks.

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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…

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“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding…

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“For several months they'd been drifting toward political involvement, but the picture was hazy and one of the most confusing elements was their geographical…

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