What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he helped create.
6 seconds sound clip from the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:51:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- No more of the speed that fueled the '60s.
- That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip.
- But their loss and failure is ours too.
- What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he helped create.
- There was only one road back to L.A. U.S. Interstate 15.
- Just a flat out high-speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo.
- Then onto the Hollywood Freeway, straight into frantic oblivion safety, obscurity.
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