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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.

Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can’t reach.
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Bridge Fiction Journalism Reach
Some may never live, but the crazy never die.
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Character Crazy Death Live
I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me.
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Honesty Myself Poverty Taste
In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
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Final Stupidity Thief World
If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.
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Character Crazy Pay Yourself
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I’m doing or why you’re paying me so much money. What’s important is that you continue to do so.
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Important Information Understand Yourself
Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
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Action One Liner Worth
Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.
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Death Freedom Philosophy
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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Myself Theory Truth
On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
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Day Need Yourself
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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Life Literature Myself Wasted Time Word
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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Happiness Heart Mindset Respect See Yourself
I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal.
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Compare Flame Myself
We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.
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Expectation Law Order People
Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.
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Decision Goal Live Way Yourself
I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.
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Law Myself Problem Taste

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