February 2012
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“Human beings are the only creatures on Earth that claim a god and the only...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (The Rum Diary)
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“I think it was Mao Tse-tung who said that all political power grows out of the...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (1978)
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“Puerto Rico. I came down here looking for a story, but I found the strangest...”
– The Rum Diary, HST. Just as spot on as the first go round. (via trappedintime)
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““You think too much,” I said.
“Got to think all the time,” he muttered....”
– Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary (via bubsbrainblasts)
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“As for the truth about his health: I have asked around about it. I am told that...”
– Kurt Vonnegut review of Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72 by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (via and-so-itgoes)
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“She was wearing the same clothes, but now she looked haggard and dirty. The...”
– - Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary
(via if there’s one thing I like)
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“Fiction is based on reality unless you’re a fairy-tale artist, you have to get...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, in an Associated Press Interview in 2003 (via writeworld)
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“Word of his death was a shock to me, but not particularly surprising since I’d...”
– Hunter S. Thompson; a 1967 obituary of journalist Lionel Olay (via barredsubject)
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“Most of them say they’ll do just about anything, as long as it’s not drinking...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, The Curse of Lono
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“There are only two ways to make it into big-time politics today: One is to come...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail ‘72. (via johnwilkestooth)
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“Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. A...”
– Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (via electrarosepinup)
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new-york-slugger asked: as your attorney I advice you to have fun in Vegas.
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A Game Where Everyone Wins
Or loses. Whichever.
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Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run… but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of...
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Going to Vegas for a few days.
Nothing cool, just on business. I won’t be on here, but you’re all queued up, and I can answer any questions you leave me when I get back.
In the meantime, I am leaving you with nothing but Fear and Loathing posts!
raoulthompson asked: I agree. It was a very entertaining movie, but a poor adaptation.
lifeisoveralltoosoon asked: What did you think of The Rum Diary movie?
commedia9 asked: one of my favorites <3
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“The people who need democracy don’t even know what the word means; the people...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, “Democracy Dies in Peru, but Few Seem to Mourn its Passing” (via resips)
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“In the age of automaton and job security, a touch of the wanderlust is the kiss...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, “Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs: Old Time Boomers Still Stomp the West, but Air Conditioning’s Better”, National Observer, July 13, 1964 (via resips)
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“Go down with the ship, sucker. You are now a dues-paying member of the No-Fun...”
– Fear and Justice in the Kingdom of Sex - Hunter S. Thompson - Playboy Magazine Article (via hamez)
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“I felt a tremendous distance between me and everything real.”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via wearebarebones)
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“Hunter was an enigma all his life. He puzzled his mother, who wondered why he...”
– William McKeen, Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
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“These horrifying digital snapshots of the American dream in action on foreign...”
– “Let’s Go to the Olympics!” (18 May 2004)