Christopher Hitchens Quotes
And yet, I wake up every day to a sensation of pervading disgust and annoyance. I probably ought to carry around some kind of thermometer or other instrument, to keep checking that I am not falling prey to premature curmudgeonhood.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media.
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Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.
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As a kid growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, all I wanted to do was be on Broadway in a musical. 'Spring Awakening' kind of answered all of my questions and fulfilled all of my dreams - beyond my wildest dreams.
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'And now,' cried Max, 'let the wild rumpus start!'
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And yet, I wake up every day to a sensation of pervading disgust and annoyance. I probably ought to carry around some kind of thermometer or other instrument, to keep checking that I am not falling prey to premature curmudgeonhood.
