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"30 Christopher Hitchens Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 13 April 1949. Died: 15 December 2011 | Author | Orator | Essayist | Journalist | Columnist |

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Terrorism The tactic Demanding The impossible
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Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.

Chemotherapy Feel bad Feeling now Good thing
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I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

It's possible To have A sense Tragedy
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Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties.

Million People die Every day Go sometimes
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Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

No god No afterlife Persuasive evidence Argument
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonizing death, but then be reborn to have an agonizing and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.

The people Who pray Agonizing death Be reborn
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Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

Religion Human Make up Our cultural
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I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Sometimes wish Suffering Good cause Risking
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My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

My father Had died Very swiftly Of cancer
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Moral character A precondition Great moral Accomplishments
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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

Great questions Philosophy Have morality Celestial dictation
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Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Trust As faith A friend Someone
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To terrify children with the image of hell,to consider women an inferior creation,Is that good for the world?

Terrify children The image Hell Consider women
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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.
Had some Dark nights Giving in Depression
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I learned Most intolerant Narrow minded People
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The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

The totalitarian The enemy That's absolute Wants control
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Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Many people Come through Esophageal cancer Live
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I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

Don't think Souls Bodies Be changed
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Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.

Belief In God Makes people Behave worse
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Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic.

Cancer Victim hood Permanent temptation Self centered
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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The people Ostensibly wish Are worried Immortal soul
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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap.

Love it Muslims To war Christian do
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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Solidarity An attitude Resistance
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The violence The bible Appalling
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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Make preparation To live Die Every day
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Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Literature Not scripture Sustains The mind
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I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicized.

Don't envy Much respect People Completely politicized
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I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

I have My time Woken up Feeling
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Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

The aspirants For president Fool enough To believe
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When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

We talk About morality Our children
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Christopher Hitchens Quotes & Sayings