Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
BEN STEINIf there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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I cannot tell you … how to be rich. But I can tell you how to feel rich, which is far better, let me tell you firsthand, than being rich. Be grateful… It is the only totally reliable get rich quick scheme.
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So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don’t know anyone except my wife who isn’t a big time sinner.
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings…. I was crying so much I could not see, and the other diners joined in, and I thought, What do you do with such atheistic evil?
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The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
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I am scared of running out of money.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
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