In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONFiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can’t reach.
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Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.
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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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I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.
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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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In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
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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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All the blood is drained out of democracy – it dies – when only half the population votes.
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Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.
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You won’t find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains.
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So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?
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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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Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
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Freedom, Truth, Honour, you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little farts, waving the banner with one hand and reaching under the table with the other.
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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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The pleasure is in the path, the search for something good.
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