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BEN STEINI think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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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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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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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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The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
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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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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
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Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
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My ‘thing’ is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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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 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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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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