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If you've led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it's precisely the cancer that you'd expect to get. That's a bit of a yawn.
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 could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities. Isn't Christmas a moral and aesthetic nightmare whether or not the days are prosperous?
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A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
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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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