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My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.

~Christopher Hitchens

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I've proved to be as difficult to convert as I am to hypnotize.

~Christopher Hitchens

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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

~Christopher Hitchens

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If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

~Christopher Hitchens

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My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

~Christopher Hitchens

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I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

~Christopher Hitchens

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People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

~Christopher Hitchens

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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

~Christopher Hitchens

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I like surprises.

~Christopher Hitchens

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The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home.

~Christopher Hitchens

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 13th, 1949

Died: December 15th, 2011

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