People Quotes - Page 40

• A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Thinking, Opponents, Sometimes

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• And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Nice, Book, Writing

  "Christopher Hitchens on his memoir, Hitch-22". "Hugh Hewitt Show", www.hughhewitt.com. July 13, 2010.

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• My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Religious, Book, Ideas

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• The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Generosity, United States, Great Things

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• When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,' and so forth, I switch off quite early.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Cancer, Aunt, Doctors

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• Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Writing, Talking, Trying

  "Christopher Hitchens on his memoir, Hitch-22". "Hugh Hewitt Show", www.hughhewitt.com. July 13, 2010.

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• Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

  David Hockney

  Mean, Space, Able

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• People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

  David Hockney

  Photography, Art, Said

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• Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!'

  David Hockney

  Confused, Years, Perspective

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• I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

  David Hockney

  Years, Nhs, Humanity

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• The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act.

  Charles Hodge

  Exercise, Names, Function

  Charles Hodge (1855). “What is Presbyterianism?: An Address Delivered Before the Presbyterian Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, May 1, 1855”, p.16

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• One aspect of fast London life I have never understood, for example, is the custom of the gym. Why do people go to gyms?

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Example, London, Aspect

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2008.

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• The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Population, Half, World

  "Shakespeare had no BlackBerry and Aristotle mananged without an iPhone" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2009.

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• My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.

  John Hodgman

  Caring, Talking, Type

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.

  John Hodgman

  Book, Writing, Want

  "Q&A: John Hodgman on Perfecting the Illusion of Expertise". Interview with Adam Rogers, www.wired.com. September 22, 2008.

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• Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

  John Hodgman

  Doe

  "John Hodgman, part two: geeks vs. jocks in all walks of life". Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. March 30, 2012.

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• There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

  Eric Hoffer

  Cutting, Size, Elements

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• Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Wish, Language

  Abbie Hoffman (1968). “Revolution for the hell of it”

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• Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.

  Alice Hoffman

  School, Community, Towns

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• I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Acting, Actors, Crafts

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Talking, Personal Life

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• I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Play, Scripts, Lots Of Friends

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• I hate to toot my own horn but I just feel that I know people and I know fans and I don't feel there is that Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt barrier with me. I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.

  Hulk Hogan

  Hate, Fans, Tangible

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• People always expect Hulk Hogan to be standing up straight, or to have the bandanna on, or to not have my arms covered up. If I have an extra large shirt on people go 'oh yeah you look small.' It kind of ruins the mystique.

  Hulk Hogan

  Covered Up, Looks, Arms

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• My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

  Harri Holkeri

  Together, Facts, Cooperation

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