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Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.
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I don’t have a body, I am a body.
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