That was always the difference between Muhammed Ali and the rest of
us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer-he came as
close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed
generation.
-- Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939), journalist
-- Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room, Rolling
Stone (May 18, 1978)
us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer-he came as
close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed
generation.
-- Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939), journalist
-- Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room, Rolling
Stone (May 18, 1978)
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