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I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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We become accomplices in evil every time we seek to soothe the unslakable appetites of the crime family that sits in Pyongyang.
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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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The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose.
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