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I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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I leave it to the faithful to burn each other's churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do
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People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.
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So there's nothing more vulgar than the sound of someone saying, God Bless America, someone who doesn't really believe it, but he thinks it will make him look good to other people. I think it's the most nauseating spectacle.
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The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made.
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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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There either is a god or there is not there is a 'design' or not.
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When I am at home, I never go near the synagogue unless, say, there is a bar or bat mitzvah involving the children of friends. But when I am traveling, in a country where Jewish life is scarce or endangered, I often make a visit to the shul.
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An old joke has an Oxford professor meeting an American former graduate student and asking him what he's working on these days. 'My thesis is on the survival of the class system in the United States.' 'Oh really, that's interesting: one didn't think there was a class system in the United States.' 'Nobody does. That's how it survives.
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The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me.
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Demands that you believe the impossible do not lead to peaceful outcomes.
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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth.
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