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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.

Ben Stein

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
BEN STEIN

Become Get Ill Old Scare
But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, ‘Well, how did life begin’ – they’re… they don’t have an answer. I mean, they have an answer, but it’s a BS answer. It’s an answer that wouldn’t make sense to a small child.
BEN STEIN

Children Mean People
I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEIN

Briefly Economist Training Work
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
BEN STEIN

Gratitude Laughter relief
Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
BEN STEIN

Believe Book Legend
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
BEN STEIN

Children Crush Parenting
Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
BEN STEIN

Law Matter Physics
A corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
BEN STEIN

Corporations Pension Plans Responsibility
If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
BEN STEIN

Eye Hair Knows
No one will do it for you.
BEN STEIN

Action Just One Yourself
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
BEN STEIN

Dad Father Sleep Smart
I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
BEN STEIN

Book Interesting Men Reading
You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
BEN STEIN

Done Everything Life Pain Real
I’m not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.
BEN STEIN

Doubt Ideas Rumor
Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
BEN STEIN

Real Running Valley
I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
BEN STEIN

Helping Others Life Use
I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
BEN STEIN

Men Real Stars
The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
BEN STEIN

Allow Harmonize Personality Protect
Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
BEN STEIN

Exertion Responsibility Way
It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
BEN STEIN

Innocent Manner Million Murder People Theory
Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
BEN STEIN

Allies Country Middle East
I’ve never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I’ve never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.
BEN STEIN

Class College Teaching
I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
BEN STEIN

Atheist Country Ideas
Sleep more at night. If it’s allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
BEN STEIN

Home Night Sleep
Science leads you to killing people.
BEN STEIN

Killing People Religion
Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
BEN STEIN

Government Needs Pay
My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’
BEN STEIN

Days Hollywood Perfect Vacation

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.

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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.

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