Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
Jack Davenport -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons -
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
Aaron Koblin -
Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
Yitzhak Navon -
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
Larry Flynt -
I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.
Olivia Wilde
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
Rachel Zoe -
I just don't watch a lot of TV.
Patrick Wilson -
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
Magnus Carlsen -
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
Francesco Guicciardini -
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
Jack Nicklaus
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I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
Laura Mvula -
If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
Nate Diaz -
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.
Rachel Cusk -
I've always had a complicated relationship with sleep. Even as a little kid, I never wanted to go to bed - it always seemed unfair in some way.
K. Flay -
So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
Kate Upton
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And you throw your head back laughingLike a little kid.I think it's strange that you think I’m funny causeHe never did.I've been spending the last 8 monthsThinking all love ever doesIs break and burn and end.But on a Wednesday in a cafe,I watched it begin again.
Taylor Swift -
I remember, the first few years here, I didn't like London much: too big, too crowded, the physical difficulty of getting around.
John Lanchester -
The principal cause of war is war itself.
C. Wright Mills -
We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn't forsake us.
Frank Peretti -
How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a lie - people claim they want to be free - everybody insists that freedom is what they want the most, the most sacred and precious thing a man can possess. But that's bullshit! People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their securityHow can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free?
Jim Morrison The Doors -
Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.
Christopher Hitchens