Christopher Hitchens Quotes
A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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Whoever says that sanctions will only deteriorate the situations of blacks in South Africa does not know the criminal, murderous character of genocide that represents the system of apartheid.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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You can collect all the plastic bottle caps you want as long as you give me the money so we can get off this death trap, find somewhere else and have tremendous fun screwing that up as well.
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My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.
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The music that I've had out so far was obviously very pop, but when I signed with Hollywood Records, I was like, 'I know that's the music you're familiar with, but that's not what I want to sing. I want to do country.' They were on board with it!
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I've always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time.
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Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it.
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'I thought they were very good at what they did.''Of course they were good!' Brill glanced sharply. 'The issue is what one chooses to be good at. The arts are fine, for hobbies. I play six instruments, myself. But they pose no great challenge to a mature mind.'
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A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
