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Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is anybody known to you who might benefit from a letter or a visit, do not on any account postpone the writing or the making of it. The difference made will almost certainly be more than you have calculated
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There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.
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The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose.
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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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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.
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