“I felt a little guilty about jangling the poor bugger's brains with that evil fantasy. But what the hell? Anybody who wanders around the world saying, "Hell yes, I'm from Texas," deserves whatever happens to him.”

—  Hunter S. Thompson

Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

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