If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONThere is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
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There is no story unless you’ve written it.
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I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.
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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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Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
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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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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 miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal.
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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’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 hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
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Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can’t reach.
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For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.
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On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
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