Christopher Hitchens Quotes
I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all.
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I don't know why everyone feels the pressure to look young. Personally, I hate it. I don't want to inject Botox and look young forever. It's living in denial and anything that has an undercurrent of this philosophy is bad for your growth.
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We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.
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I want my clients to trust me.
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No matter how much money you make, no matter how famous you are, you're not above going outside and cutting trees. I do it all the time.
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Our music has always been instant reactive and I guess taking our time to absorb things and say what you really want to say could be much more offensive than anything we've ever done.
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Tattoos are interesting, but at the same time they are also a mask - you are exhibiting your past life on your body.
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I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.
