"Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject forces who would set limits to investigation (and who stupidly claim that we already have all the truth we need). Perhaps above all, we affirm life over the cults of death and human sacrifice and are afraid, not of inevitable death, but rather of a human life that is cramped and distorted by the pathetic need to offer mindless adulation, or the dismal belief that the laws of nature respond to wailings and incantations."

-- Christopher Hitchens

#Atheist Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Law Quotes

“You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.”
“To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're OK.”
“All Iâ€™m saying is like, spoil me with your consistency Always remain the same you and you wonâ€™t have to worry about a different me”
“You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.”
“My philosophy is that the club is more important than anyone!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.”

Source : "Meet the Real Cate Blanchett". Interview with Bobbi Brown, www.yahoo.com. September 17, 2014.
“Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.”
“In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side, most likely as punishment for some future liberally minded paper I was bound to write.”

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