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Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Christopher Eric Hitchens
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Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God's on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
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Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor.
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It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defense of free expression.
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We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.
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Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.
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No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted.
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A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
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Religion, it is true, still possesses the huge if cumbersome and unwieldy advantage of having come first.
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I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.
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I have a strong constitution which has served me quite well, though if I hadn't had such a strong one I might have led a more healthy life perhaps.
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For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time.
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So far, I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative even while taking the measure of my inevitable decline. I repeat, this is no more than what a healthy person has to do in slower motion.
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