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The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it's a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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