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"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance." Hunter S. Thompson

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firefall · 61-69, M

That predates HST by quite a while - I read it in Napoleon's Memoirs, but I think it goes back to at least Sun Tzu

Also, it sounds incredibly un-Thompsonlike, he was pretty famous for his own procrastination habit

Noble · 56-60, M

@firefall: Quite possible; I don't doubt it dates long ago!
I simply recall Thompson writing this in his letters published in The Proud Highway.