Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
BEN STEINI’d say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that’s the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.
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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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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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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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If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
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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 human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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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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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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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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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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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
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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 think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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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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