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Quote from the movie which i guess inspired this title

posted 17 years ago by kdubi
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Raoul Duke: The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

[–] Fear-Loathing-America 17 years ago

it's not just from the line.

Hunter made references to "Buy the ticket, take the ride" all the time.

[–] lsd2500 17 years ago

yeah it was one of those heart hitting quotes he conquered up in his vast imagination that stuck. like fear an loathing ________...

[–] jayz4all 17 years ago

"Buy the ticket, take the ride. Mahalo"

[–] azrael226 17 years ago

Fear and Loathing came arround after the Kennedys died; When Buy the Ticket was in his first article about the kentuky derby but is probibly before then

[–] sleepingbag 17 years ago

I always thought it was referring to LSD.

[–] findanddestroyatlantis 16 years ago

He used it to refer to a lot of things. It's a pretty versatile phrase.

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