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If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

~Christopher Hampton

Topics: American American Women Capitalism Definition Girl Give Had Process Say Turn Whereby Women Would

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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 isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: American Any Anymore Ask Being Could Force Itself Left Meaningless Near Nonsensical Politics Really Term Well Why Would

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One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: American Been Boring Dull Image Left Many Problems Rather Righteous Solemn Something Too

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: American Dictators Power Remove Should Term Those Thought Us Used Useful Who Wish

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The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: American British Generally Interests Involved People Raise Slogans Tend Who Will

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You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: American Arab English Greek Polish Why Why Not You

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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

Topics: American City Fly Getting Home Id Losing Mugged Penalty You Your

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Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Against American Endless Order Overcome Possibility Sense Social Social Order Today

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It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: American Attempt Capitalism Family Industry Law Level Longer Maintain Single Support Unwritten Wage Wages Will

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There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which people try to use their intellect to get themselves out of tricky situations but never quite manage to do so - much to their enormous embarrassment.

~Christopher Lloyd

Topics: Always American British Certainly Comedy Embarrassment Enormous Get Higher Intellect Manage Me Much Never Out People Percentage Quite Situations Than Themselves Tricky Try Use Way Which Wit

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