Christopher Hitchens Quotes
Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man.

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Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don't have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it's sweatpants or a tuxedo.
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.
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My family is a kaleidoscope... My family is like that. We're all different colors, like a prism. When we have light shine and stuff, we're beautiful. When it's dark, nothing shines, and it's a rock.
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I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
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There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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I think people are just incredibly depressed and hopeless about the prospects for change.
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I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
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Incredible that liberals aren't more concerned about the monopoly of information in South Dakota.
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If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.
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I feel like, if I'm going to have young, impressionable people listening to my music, then I'm going to respect that.
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.
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Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again.
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I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.
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I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.
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When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.
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Last time I checked, no one is perfect.
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Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man.