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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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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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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People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
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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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Do you ever find yourself bursting into a sort of lunatic laughter at the sheer prettiness of things?
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I study people all the time. For some reason, we're not very good at seeing what's there or hearing what we're hearing.
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If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense.
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For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a lot of people a lot of pain.
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I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know?
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A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
