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Hunter S. Thompson

Geburtstag: 18. Juli 1937
Todesdatum: 20. Februar 2005
Andere Namen:هانتر اس. تامپسون,Хантер Стоктон Томпсон

Hunter Stockton Thompson war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist, der besonders für seine Reportagen bekannt war.

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„Da geht er hin, einer von Gottes eigenen Prototypen - ein aufgemotzter Mutant, der nie zur Massenproduktion in Betracht gezogen wurde: zu spleenig zum Leben und zu selten zum Sterben.“

— Hunter S. Thompson
Angst und Schrecken in Las Vegas. Übersetzer: Teja Schwaner, München, 1998. ISBN 3442443202, ISBN 978-3442443208

Über Leben, über gott

„In einer blockierten Gesellschaft, wo jeder schuldig ist, ist es das einzige Verbrechen, sich erwischen zu lassen. In einer Welt der Diebe ist Dummheit die einzige unverzeihliche Sünde.“

— Hunter S. Thompson
Angst und Schrecken in Las Vegas. Übersetzer: Teja Schwaner, München, 1998. ISBN 3442443202, ISBN 978-3442443208

Über Dummheit, über die welt

„Some may never live, but the crazy never die.“

— Hunter S. Thompson

„When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
"Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl" (Rolling Stone #155, (28 February 1974); republished in Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979),  p. 49

„Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, The Curse of Lono

„Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

„In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

„No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride... and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well... maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

„Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?“

— Hunter S. Thompson
"Security" (1951); excerpted in Outlaw Journalist: The Life & Times of Hunter S. Thompson (2008), page 15

„We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

„Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!“

— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

„A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.“

— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

„I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.“

— Hunter S. Thompson

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Zitate Hunter S. Thompson

„Da geht er hin, einer von Gottes eigenen Prototypen - ein aufgemotzter Mutant, der nie zur Massenproduktion in Betracht gezogen wurde: zu spleenig zum Leben und zu selten zum Sterben.“

„In einer blockierten Gesellschaft, wo jeder schuldig ist, ist es das einzige Verbrechen, sich erwischen zu lassen. In einer Welt der Diebe ist Dummheit die einzige unverzeihliche Sünde.“

„Some may never live, but the crazy never die.“

„When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.“

„Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.“

„Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.“

„We can't stop here, this is bat country!“

„I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.“

„It never got weird enough for me.“

„In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.“

„No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride... and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well... maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.“

„Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?“

„Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!“

„A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.“

„I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.“

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