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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHunter S. Thompson's Birthday
http://shortlist.com/entertainment/books/the-greatest-pieces-of-wisdom-from-hunter-s-thompson<snip>
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.
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The TV business is a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side.
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Hunter S. Thompson's Birthday (Original Post)
kentuck
Jul 2014
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Will never forget reading "Fear & Loathing" the first time, belly laughs all the way thru
randys1
Jul 2014
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Will never forget reading "Fear & Loathing" the first time, belly laughs all the way thru
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)2. The first line of the book hooks you and you know immediately you're in for a weird trip.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
randys1
(16,286 posts)4. Yep, wow...what a writer
helped that I was in a similar state of mind the entire time i was reading
cali
(114,904 posts)3. my friend Hunter
Met Hunter when I was 21. He was working for RS; my boss (I was an au pair) was Dick Goodwin who had just been hired as the political editor. Hunter and I bonded over literature- in particular a shared fondness for Malcolm Lowry. Boy, do I have some stories.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)5. I think he has some Kentucky roots...?
...somewhere down the line?
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)6. He certainly had a savage take on the Kentucky Derby.
Damn, I miss that guy!