Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

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Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.

Christopher Hitchens

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The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.

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The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.
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The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

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The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
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I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language – always the language – was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry.

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I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language – always the language – was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry.
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I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

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I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
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Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.

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Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.
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No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.

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No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.
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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.

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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.
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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.

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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
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There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.

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There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.
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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.

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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

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What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
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Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.

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Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.

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The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.
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