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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes: Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears
         

Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears


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The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.



Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.



When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.



I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.



Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.



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.

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.



America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.



So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?

So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?



Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.



Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.

Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.





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People who live according to the world’s standard are confused, and therefore get into all kinds of trouble that leads to destruction.



Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we used to call repertory or stock, playing a whole bunch of different roles.

Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we used to call repertory or stock, playing a whole bunch of different roles.



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where is here, when is now??



When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.



Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.

Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.



When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.



The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.



I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.

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One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience.

One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience.



There is no doubt in my mind. If there had been no assassination, we probably would have moved into negotiations leading to a normalisation of relations with Cuba.

There is no doubt in my mind. If there had been no assassination, we probably would have moved into negotiations leading to a normalisation of relations with Cuba.




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