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.
BEN STEINIf 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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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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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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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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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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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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I’m not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.
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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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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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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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It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
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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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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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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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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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