“Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.”

—  Christopher Hitchens , Letters to a Young Contrarian

Source: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)

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British American author and journalist 1949–2011

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