Christopher Hitchens Quotes

The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for 'peace through strength' has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog.

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• By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
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• In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

  

  Warren Mitchell
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• War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

  

  Aaron Huey
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• Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.

  

  Nathan Fillion
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• 'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.

  

  Yara Shahidi
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• Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

  

  Nat Wolff
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• Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

  

  C. S. Lewis
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• My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.

  

  Patrice Leconte
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• I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.

  

  Damon Knight
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• I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.

  

  Nancy Lublin
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• I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.

  

  Forest Whitaker
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• I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.

  

  Eckhard Pfeiffer
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• My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

  

  Laura Marling
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• China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.

  

  Zhang Xin
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• Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

  

  Nadine Gordimer
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• I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
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• Have you ever been experienced? Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful.

  

  Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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• I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.

  

  Flume
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• I have busted more hippies' noses than all the narcs in the free world.

  

  Ted Nugent
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• The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.

  

  Alcee Hastings
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• A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

  

  Jonathan Ames
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• The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for 'peace through strength' has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog.

  

  Christopher Hitchens
  • Action
  • Peace