Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

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• Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for them.
• Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be…
• Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink. We were, after all,…
• There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any…
• Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
• I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it…
• They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should be castrated anyway.
• In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.
• We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all someday look back on our…
• Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
• No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is…
• Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.
• A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.
• It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.
• Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.
• It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.
• There is no story unless you've written it.
• Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over.
• Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.
• Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.

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