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Being Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
- 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…
- Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely…
- I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.
- No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis.
- The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
- I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious.
- 'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's…
- 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…
- There are people who cannot forget, as neither do I, the lesson of the years of the Indochina War. Which was, first, that the state…
- There's a big difference, as I'm sure you know, it's a slightly manneristic one, between people of the '60s and people of '68. Being a…
- I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that… — Billie Joe Armstrong