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When I meet people who say – which they do all of the time – I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest, and so forth, I switch off quite early. – Christopher Hitchens

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The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. Its a battle you cant hope to win – its a battle thats going to go on forever. Its part of the human condition. – Christopher Hitchens

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. – Christopher Hitchens

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Im not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children theyll have, immediately the floor will rise. – Christopher Hitchens

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