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

Hunter S. Thompson

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" The behavior of the crowd at Churchill Downs is like 100,000 vicious Hyenas going berserk all at once in a space about the size of a 777 jet or the White House lawn. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I am more than just a serious basketball fan. I am a life-long addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because I was born in Kentucky and I learned, early on, that Habitual Domination was a natural way of life. "

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" Paranoia is just another word for ignorance. "

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" I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth. "

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" In my heart, I am always a Raider. "

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" When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. "

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