"Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy."

-- Christopher Hitchens

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“The land monopoly always starts with conquest. Shot and shell are the coins of purchase, as Herbert Spencer said. Except by force of arms, nobody "owns" the earth, anymore than the moon, the planets, the stars themselves.”
“It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”
“I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.”

Source : "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.
“And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.”
“We're not too young for love, just too young for about everything there is that goes with love.”
“It's not good to throw back scotch with a new fetus.”
“I regret my choice of words which do not accurately reflect the process of the James committee, with which I have been closely involved and totally support.”

Source : "Senior Tory sacked over spending cuts gaffe" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2005.
“No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.”

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