For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
BEN STEINI always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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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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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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