Christopher Hitchens Quotes
The (Catholic) church, as far as I know, has not endorsed any war as just since it supported General Franco's invasion of Spain to destroy the Spanish republic with a Muslim mercenary army in the thirties, on the side of Hitler.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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I wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.
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The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
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The dynamic character of China's nonstatist economic transformation, including its social openness to the rest of the world, is not mutually compatible in the long run with a relatively closed and bureaucratically rigid Communist dictatorship.
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I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?
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They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war.
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The (Catholic) church, as far as I know, has not endorsed any war as just since it supported General Franco's invasion of Spain to destroy the Spanish republic with a Muslim mercenary army in the thirties, on the side of Hitler.
