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" The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane. "

Hunter S. Thompson

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" Freedom is something that dies unless it's used. "

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" The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. "

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" There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart. "

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" By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died. "

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" I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem. "

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" I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory... And why not? Victory is good for you, and don't let anybody tell you different. "

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" The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. "

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" I wasn't trying to be an outlaw writer. I never heard of that term; somebody else made it up. But we were all outside the law: Kerouac, Miller, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Kesey; I didn't have a gauge as to who was the worst outlaw. I just recognized allies: my people. "

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" If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up. "

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" Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency. "

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" You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands. "

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" The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it. "

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