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A sure sign of ineptitude and malice is manifested when one's attacker is willing to cover himself with mud in order to try and make some of it adhere to his target.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Portsmouth
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Christopher Eric Hitchens
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Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self a celestial North Korea.
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If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.
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If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.
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