My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSI am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
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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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My own opinion is enough for me. And I claim the right to defend it against any consensus, any majority anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line and kiss my ass.
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No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis.
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Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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