Hunter S. Thompson - People Quotes

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You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.

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Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

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All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.

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I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.

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The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them by man, beast or fate. The only thing that keeps them in line is their fear of death, jail and lawsuits.

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How many times had he stood calmly back there on the duckboards and listened to respectable-looking people talk about raping the hotel penguins?

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A nervous blonde nymphet who thought that politics was some kind of game played by old people, like bridge.

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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 public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it.

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