The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
BEN STEINI think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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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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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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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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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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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.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
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