The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
BEN STEINScreaming 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.
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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.
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I am scared of running out of money.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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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.
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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.
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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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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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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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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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.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
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