Christopher Hitchens Quotes
Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. Yet only with God, only with the view that God’s on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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We've learned a bunch of things; when you send a message to people, keep those messages short. Imagine walking up to a girl in a bar and going into a four-minute speech about how great you are. No one wants to hear that.
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The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to understand their own humanity - well, that's the job of the writer.
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It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity.
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Be wise with speed;A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. Yet only with God, only with the view that God’s on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
