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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes: I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.
         

I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.


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