I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass and breezy expression, when you ponder it for a moment, considering that time, after all, is killing us.
Christopher HitchensI think the cultural task is to separate our impulses and needs and desires from the supernatural and, above all, from the superstitious.
Christopher HitchensMockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.
Christopher HitchensKnowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.
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