Hunter's Thompson Quotes

• I grew up poor in crappy situations various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement.

  Corey Taylor

  Kings, Growing Up, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hunter S. Thompson brings a lunatic genius to ordinary events, and I bring an ordinary sensibility to lunatic events.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Events, Ordinary, Hunters

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• Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Political, Hunters, Stuff

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• We also have a lot of the same influences - we both read a lot of the beatniks. And yet what we actually do is almost exactly the opposite. His [ Hunter S. Thompson] political stuff is just wonderful, but basically nothing happens.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Opposites, Political, Hunters

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• I started reading Hunter S. Thompson when I was in college.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Reading, College, Hunters

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• We like to pile language on language. Hunter [ S. Thompson] was an influence on me, no doubt about it.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Doubt, Hunters, Language

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• Hunter S. Thompson and I are old friends, but what we do is so different. There are surface similarities that really have to do with us being frustrated poets.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Old Friends, Frustrated, Hunters

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• I have a troubled relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, not just because he kicked me out of a bar but also because it's become clear to me that he was not a good person.

  Andy Daly

  Troubled Relationship, Hunters, Bars

  "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.

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• I was interested in [Hunter S. Thompson novels]. The rebel in me fell in love with it, and the artist in me was confused by it, and interested and turned on. Ever since, his work has meant different things to me, at different times, and I still get new meaning out of it and appreciate it, in a different way. His work is very visceral, and you can take from it what you want, in various moments of your life.

  Amber Heard

  Confused, Artist, Appreciate

  "Amber Heard the Rum Diary Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 27, 2011.

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• People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

  Corey Taylor

  People, Hunters, Influence

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a result of that, and as a result of friendship, I don't think we've ever been competitive. I mean, there's probably a very good reason Hunter [S. Thompson] isn't jealous of me.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Jealous, Mean, Thinking

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