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JOHNNY DEPP Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
MONTY PYTHON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The Rum Diaries.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Invisible.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS But I don't think people saw it, because it was well disguised. To me, effects are only successful w...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS God didn't do that! You did it. You're a fucking narcotics agent! I was on to your stinking act from...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS You took too much man, too much, too much.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Dogs fucked the Pope, no fault of mine. Watch out! . . . Why money? My name is Brinks; I was born . ...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS "we can't stop here this is bat country."

"If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Jesus, where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to become president?
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the difference between lightning ...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Go against the tide and sell a product that no one else is selling.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Twelve Monkeys.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS we can't stop here this is bat country.""If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we're going t...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape?
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Hunter meant a lot to me. He was another hero and someone that I got to know very well because I pla...
JOHNNY DEPP The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Even now, more than 30 years later, I still judge people on the basis of whether they voted for Jack...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The dawn is killing me off, the fog is on the windows, the [ra]coons have robbed the cans, and down ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for peopl...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON As for LSD, I highly recommend it. We had a fine, wild weekend and no trouble at all. The feeling it...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON February was always the cruellest month for Hunter S Thompson,
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or where will be blown to smithereens ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Exposure at another event outside Las Vegas really raised the profile and awareness of the shopping ...
TERRY JICINSKY Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.
JOHN BURDETT I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you ...
DREW CAREY I’ve spent enough time in jackrabbit country to know that most of them lead pretty dull lives . . ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... Th...
AL MARTIN Las Vegas is hot, Planet Hollywood is hot and I wanted to be part of the newest, hottest resort in L...
PARIS HILTON My dream dinner party guests would be Ethel Kennedy, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
DYLAN PENN Over the years, we worked on some promising projects that Hunter could do while never leaving the Fa...
JAY COWAN One of the worst incidents of that era caused no complaints at all: this was a sort of good-natured ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON OK for now. I enjoyed my quick, high-powered visit over there and look forward to a dead-game replay...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challengin...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON This speaks very well of Las Vegas. It shows Las Vegas remains in the forefront of people's minds.
TERRY JICINSKY February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY We halted a downward spiral,
FRED HASSAN Once we reach Las Vegas the game faces come on.
ART MCMASTER We are going to make Las Vegas Motor Speedway the greatest speedway in the world. Las Vegas is all a...
BRUTON SMITH Guests love to be 'wowed' in Las Vegas. They enjoy and embrace new tastes, new flavors, and ...
MICHAEL MINA Our message is simply: that we should try and get out of the present downward spiral.
KARAN SINGH Hopefully, it will bring some people who have seen the exhibit in New York to Las Vegas, and people ...
THOMAS KRENS Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have ...
CHARLES STANLEY The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
C. JOYBELL C. The downward spiral that plagued Sony seems to have ended.
MITSUSHIGE AKINO February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Las Vegas and condo-hotels are a perfect fit. This concept is ideal for people who frequent Las Vega...
JACK CHRISTIE We are drifting into some ugly parallels here, and if I'd written this kind of thing two years ago I...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Las Vegas is like no other city in the world and has been on the top of W's development strategy for...
ROSS KLEIN He expressed his love and interest in Las Vegas,
OSCAR GOODMAN People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they w...
COREY TAYLOR I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests...
MICHAEL MINA The proper bookmark for a Hunter Thompson book is a pair of brass knuckles.
JONATHAN HEATT Las Vegas is all about glitz and glamour. This speedway will be as spectacular as anything on the La...
BRUTON SMITH What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ... but that doesn’t matter when you live there.
MICHELLE MADOW The Las Vegas market continues to motor along and generate solid business levels for operators. Tren...
DAVID KATZ It started when I left Vegas that first time, skipping the hotel bill, driving off in that red conve...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment.
DON RICKLES I'd rather be in Las Vegas.
CRAIG KARGES This is absolutely imperative to the continued growth of Las Vegas. Without such a mode of transport...
ANDREW ZARNETT The President's handling of the war has been a toxic mix of ignorance, arrogance, and stubborn ideol...
EDWARD KENNEDY When I got here the lounges were the thing. That's how Las Vegas got to be Entertainment Capitol of ...
JAKI BASKOW I feel like I've known Hunter S. Thompson for most of my life. I first encountered him in 1981, ...
TUCKER CARLSON Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fa...
GIA COPPOLA Las Vegas honors women - Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Britney Spears. I love that Las Vegas celebrates...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE I like to say that the good that happens in Las Vegas stays here, ... The sad thing is that a lot of...
EDWARD ANDERSON We're only an hour's flight from Denver and Minneapolis and we feel we can offer customers a Las Veg...
GAYE GULLO Las Vegas is a unique place to represent. For one thing, most everybody is shipped in from different...
KURT BUSCH Las Vegas! We've been waiting on this market because we want to do it right. The Vegas/Macau connect...
TED O'CONNOR We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Foreign business in Las Vegas has been strong and should remain strong.
ERIC HAUSLER Las Vegas is Everyman's cut-rate Babylon. Not far away there is, or was, a roadside lunch counter an...
ALISTAIR COOKE I was coming back on a plane from [Las Vegas] and I kept putting something down and scratching it ou...
JIM CALHOUN I can't overestimate how important Las Vegas is becoming in setting trends.
CHRIS JONES It's totally contradictory, but so is Las Vegas. We've always had this contradictory set of images a...
MICHAEL GREEN He can't talk about bribes of anybody in Las Vegas, period.
DOMINIC GENTILE It turned out we practically had to rebuild the car. It's a long drive to Las Vegas and I don't thin...
TERRY ADAMS We're very excited about downtown Las Vegas.
VIRGINIA PERKINS In a headline grabbing market like Las Vegas, being under construction means a lot. You hear so much...
BEA GOODWIN Certainly North Las Vegas brings a lot more to Las Vegas than it would have five years ago.
DONNA GRADY We are definitely slowing down and charging a lot more for it. We are out of Las Vegas. We are very ...
BRIAN HARRIS Las Vegas has never been hotter, which shows in the gaming numbers through the end of the year. The ...
BRIAN GORDON All three factors are contributing to the deceleration in demand for Las Vegas (as a destination).
BRIAN GORDON But G2E, with 700 exhibitors, shows it's an open industry. Las Vegas has thrived on openness and we ...
BILL THOMPSON 'Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing insid...
TRENT REZNOR Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the ...
C. JOYBELL C. You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets ...
RAY LAMONTAGNE I am kind of upset about Miss America being held in Las Vegas. I just don't want the image of Las Ve...
DEBBIE MILES Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON The good news for the City of North Las Vegas is that the City Council has gotten pretty pro-active ...
JOHN RESTREPO Their symptoms trigger a self-perpetuating cycle that leads to a downward spiral in their functionin...
JENNIFER PIKE I'm from Las Vegas and all my tricks are magic.
MIKE ROSS Steve Wynn has a terrific record of building and developing premier entertainment and lodging facili...
MARK MORRIS

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HUNTER S. THOMPSON Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the ne...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The Raiders of old were vicious and crazy and cruel. Hanging around their locker room was like hangi...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to fe...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON In my heart, I am always a Raider.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a d...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON Without gambling, I would not exist.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last ...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there&#...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON The polls...indicate that Nixon will get a comfortable majority of the youth vote. And that he might...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON A word to the wise is infuriating.
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Hell no!"
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusi...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered f...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON It never got weird enough for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Even now, more than 30 years later, I still judge people on the basis of whether they voted for Jack...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON was doldrums time.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Be a beachcomber, a Parisian wino, an Italian pimp, or a Danish pervert; but stay away from the Arme...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Who are these people? These faces? Where did they come from? They look like caricatures of used car ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON So this is how the world works, all energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here--not under any byline of mine; or...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I agreed. By this time the drink was beginning to cut the acid and my hallucinations were down to a ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON On the way down the hill we walked three abreast in the cobblestone street, drunk and laughing and t...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstanc...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON 1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.

Remembered line from a long-
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON It is Autumn, as you know, and things are beginning to die. It is so wonderful to be out in the cris...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON and the sad notes floated out to the
patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I bought a small bottle of beer for fifteen cents and sat on a bench in the clearing, feeling like a...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years p...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Those of us who have been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts. We wanted strong drink...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pim...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Fear is just another word for ignorance
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Some may never live, but the crazy never die
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We were warriors then, and our tribe was strong like a river
HUNTER S. THOMPSON This was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "conciousness expansi...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Still humping the American Dream
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep th...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Jesus Creeping God! Is there a priest in this tavern? I want to confess! I'm a fucking sinner! Venal...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this clim...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON What kind of rat bastard psychotic would play that song- right now, at this moment?
HUNTER S. THOMPSON