Quote by Christopher Hitchens
WASP is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apar

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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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows theres no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. Thats all crap. – Christopher Hitchens

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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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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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Ive never been nostalgic, personally or politically – if the past was so great, how come its history? – Julie Burchill

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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. – Irving R. Kaufman

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Im not giving up my history and what Ive done in my music because I love it and Im very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people. – LL Cool J

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Dont trust somebody that dont have a troubled period. – Benjamin Walker

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A sister smiles when one tells one’s stories — for she knows where the decoration has been added. – Chris Montaigne

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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. – Author Unknown

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One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man. – George Fordyce