Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI’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.
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He had that rare weird electricity about him – that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned all hope of ever behaving normally.
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All the blood is drained out of democracy – it dies – when only half the population votes.
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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.
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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.
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Wake up and ponder the future.
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My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It’s about as important as things get.
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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
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It’s in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down.
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These things happen. One day you run everything, and the next day you run like a dog.
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Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don’t tell them anything.
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I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me.
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Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
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