I don’t think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that’s one of the biggest myths in American lore. They’re tough, aggressive, greedy, quick thinking but I don’t think they’re particularly smart at all.
BEN STEINUsually 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.
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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I have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself.
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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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I am scared of running out of money.
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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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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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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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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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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
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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.
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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