Christopher Hitchens Quotes
(Howard) Dean is a raving nut bag...a raving, sinister, demagogic nutbag...I and a few other people saw that he should be destroyed.
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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War is over if you want it.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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I paint flowers so they will not die.
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All man has to do is cooperate with the big forces, the sun, the rain, the growing urge. Seeds sprout, stems grow, leaves spread in the sunlight. Man plants, weeds, cultivates and harvests. It sounds simple, and it is simple, with the simplicity of great truths.
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I had confidence in the team, but I got a little nervous. But I knew once Malcolm fouled out we had it, because he's their whole team.
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(Howard) Dean is a raving nut bag...a raving, sinister, demagogic nutbag...I and a few other people saw that he should be destroyed.
