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If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
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"If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
— Hunter S. Thompson

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If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. — Hunter S. Thompson

About Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson was a Journalist from United States (1937–2005).

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Who said "If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people -…"?
This quote is attributed to Hunter S. Thompson, a Journalist from United States.
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Hunter S. Thompson lived from 1937 – 2005.