Christopher Hitchens Quotes

'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 it's 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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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011

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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

Johann Sebastian Bach

IdiotMy OwnDecideOwnThenAccord

I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.

Andrea Arnold

WantTryDirectorWriterInstinctive

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.

Rodney Dangerfield

ParentsMeLookingOutLikeKids

I was honored to have the chance to perform on 'The Bachelor.'

Chris Lane

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My dad is now an incredibly important ally of mine. I'm so impressed with him. He's a hero to me because he put love and his family first.

Wilson Cruz

FamilyLoveHeroMeImportantNow

A key to McMaster's thinking is his 1997 book, 'Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam.'

Peter Bergen

BookKeyThinkingDutyVietnamLies

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

Peabo Bryson

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It doesn't really bother us, the team that is in fashion or that is being talked about the most. Whatever praise or criticism we receive doesn't really matter.

Sergio Ramos

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I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better.

Nicole Richie

CollegeBetterHollywoodTwoOver

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

Ken Hensley

LifeTimeMistakesMeLongKnow

When I started making songs, some of them read as mixtape-y, and some of them read as album-y.

Kelela

StartedReadSongsMakingSomeThem

They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The Sopranos': if he said anything in front of a writer, told them a story from his life, it could make its way into the script.

Kelly Macdonald

LifePeopleStoryKnowSaidWay

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