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Quote by Christopher Hitchens
Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that disc

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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WASP is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so its inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not. – Christopher Hitchens

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In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them. – Christopher Hitchens

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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what youre doing because if not, you feel like its a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent. – Gael Garcia Bernal

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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. – Jon Meacham

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You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but were all partially different – its no good imposing systems on people that it doesnt suit. – Damian Lewis

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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. – Henry Miller

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