“Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.”

—  Hunter S. Thompson

Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

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American journalist and author 1937–2005

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