"Fiction is based on reality unless you're a……" — Hunter S. Thompson
"Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know the material you're writing about before you alter it."
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445 Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson has 445 quotes on this site.
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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…
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Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The…
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Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong…
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There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just…
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Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
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I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And…
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They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should…
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In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.
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We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all…
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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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No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones…
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Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to…
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More Alter Quotes
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one of 496 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
— Francis Bacon
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
— Lord Acton
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
— John Adams
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My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what…
— Chris Brown
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Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and…
— Luke Bryan
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The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,…
— Kobe Bryant
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In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the…
— Kobe Bryant
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Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike.…
— Candace Bushnell
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
— Samuel Butler
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Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things…
— James Allen
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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or…
— William Kingdon Clifford
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You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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