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Christopher Hitchens

"Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens the prospect of one's own end, and affords an unobstructed view of the undug but awaiting grave that says 'you're next.' Unfilial as this may seem, that was not at all so in my own case. It was only when I watched Alexander [my own son] being born that I knew at once that my own funeral director had very suddenly, but quite unmistakably, stepped onto the stage. I was surprised by how calmly I took this, but also by how reluctant I was to mention it to my male contemporaries."

-- Christopher Hitchens

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“A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.”
“I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.”

Source : "Steven Strait Talks AFTER and MAGIC CITY Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 15, 2012.
“No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts.”
“The risk of an investment is described by both the probability and the potential amount of loss. The risk of an investment-the probability of an adverse outcome-is partly inherent in its very nature. A dollar spent on biotechnology research is a riskier investment than a dollar used to purchase utility equipment. The former has both a greater probability of loss and a greater percentage of the investment at stake.”
“I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it's addicting, really.”
“It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“If you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose.”

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