You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
BEN STEINAs Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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I’ve never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I’ve never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.
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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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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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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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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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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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We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
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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 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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