Hunter S. Thompson Short Quotes

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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.

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I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again.

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It was Saturday night in America, and I felt like a native son.

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I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.

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There is nothing Modern about doing dumb things for dumb reasons.

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Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.

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There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.

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On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME."

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He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time.

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The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.

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As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.

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It ain't much, but it's the only weapon we have against the Greedheads.

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It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

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Ed: Rip up the streets?
HST: With jackhammers.
Ed: With jackhammers?

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Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store.

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In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.

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I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.

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Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop.

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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

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Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

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I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.

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This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.

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He had come so far from himself that I don't think he knew who he was anymore.

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Jesus man! You don't look for acid! Acid finds you when it thinks you're ready.

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I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine.

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I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that.

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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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It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.

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