Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

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.

Hunter S. Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005

Topics

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In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.

Joanna Newsom

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Humor and comedy have always been the best way to deal with real life issues and just reality.

Jermaine Fowler

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The Government wants to give young people from every community the chance to learn about the heroism and sacrifice of our great-grandparents, which is why we are organising visits to the battlefields of the Western Front.

Michael Gove

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I always wanted to teach dance. I didn't know I'd have a TV career.

Alyssa Edwards

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I can't drink if I have to get up early, man. It kills me.

Travis Fimmel

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There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.

Russell Hoban

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There is an odd assumption that compassion and care are finite or that critics can be everything to everyone - commenting on everything simply because they can. That's not what cultural criticism is.

Roxane Gay

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At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.

Mika Brzezinski

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I'm less shy now than I was as a kid. After Flight 1549, my family and I had to become public figures and more complete versions of ourselves. I had to teach myself to become an effective public speaker.

Chesley Sullenberger

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I'm no longer a believer in politicians endorsing other politicians.

Corey Stewart

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I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

Boyd Rice

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However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

Asma Jahangir

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