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Quote by Christopher Hitchens
My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they havent elected a new one. Theres no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I dont miss it. – Christopher Hitchens

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A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other peoples hope. – Christopher Hitchens

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Hope
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Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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The term the American Left is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isnt really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. – Christopher Hitchens

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I confess, I do not believe in time. – Vladimir Nabokov

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People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. – J. Michael Straczynski

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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time. – Frank Shorter

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. – Samuel Johnson

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