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 to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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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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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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That was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science – in my opinion, this is just an opinion – that’s where science leads you.
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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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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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