"On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."

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Source : Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.342, Simon and Schuster

Hunter S. Thompson

#Running Quotes #Believe Quotes #Night Quotes

“In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.”
“A little bit South you've got Macon, Georgia - home of the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band and Capricorn Records. And off to west you've got Delta blues. Sprinkle Southern gospel over the top of that, and you're talking about where I came from. I loved all of that music.”
“Albania in 1994 was the strangest place I've ever seen. It was like walking into the looking glass: falling apart, paranoid people, anarchy, no one farming, full of thieves. It was beyond any Third World country. They were living in their own private nightmare.”
“"Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.”
“We have a lot of young players and some veteran players who make you feel good and give you a lot of tips. They always want to make sure you're ready to play.”
“It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.”
“It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.”
“Baby boy, go hire a squadron My crib got more poles than a fire department.”

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