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.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
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A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.
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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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As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.
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Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.
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Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
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I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should.
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.
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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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I knew a Buddhist once, and I’ve hated myself ever since.
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In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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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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