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Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist and author, best known as the founder of Gonzo journalism. His unconventional style blended fact and fiction, challenging traditional reporting. He became a countercultural icon known for his wild lifestyle and incisive cultural critiques. Here are 386 of his quotes:

Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested. (Hunter S. Thompson)
I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal. View quote
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A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. View quote
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Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing. View quote
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Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. View quote
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I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine. View quote
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Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop. View quote
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With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree. View quote
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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need. View quote
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Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex. View quote
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At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards. (Hunter S. Thompson)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear. View quote
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It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids. View quote
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Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over. View quote
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I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real. View quote
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A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit - no matter how often he's reminded of it - that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley. View quote
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It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night. View quote
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An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it. View quote
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A cap of good acid costs $5, and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony, with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums. (Hunter S. Thompson)
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be. View quote
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We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear. View quote
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One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it. View quote
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Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile. View quote
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Occupation: American Journalist
Born: July 18, 1937
Died: February 20, 2005
Quotes count: 386
Wikipedia: Hunter S. Thompson

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