I don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
BEN STEINWhat’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 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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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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I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
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I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of 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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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere… There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
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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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