Christopher Hitchens

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them. ↗

— 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 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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I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#door #every #excluded #face #henry

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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