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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

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American Journalist, Writer July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005

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When I arrived the News was three years old and Ed Lotterman was on the verge of a breakdown. To hear him talk you would think he'd been sitting at the very cross-corners of the earth, seeing himself as a combination of God, Pulitzer and the Salvation Army. He often swore that if all the people who had worked for the paper in those years could appear at one time before the throne of The Almighty--if they all stood there and recited their histories and their quirks and their crimes and their... Hunter S. Thompson
I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When it really works, it’s like music. Hunter S. Thompson
He talked about luck and fate and numbers coming up, yet he never ventured a nickel at the casinos because he knew the house had all the percentages. And beneath his pessimism, his bleak conviction that all the machinery was rigged against him, at the bottom of his soul was a faith that he was going to outwit it, that by carefully watching the signs he was going to know when to dodge and be spared. It was fatalism with a loophole, and all you had to do to make it work was never miss a sign.... Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working..."
With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree. Hunter S. Thompson
I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to..."
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but..."
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S. Thompson

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