No one will do it for you.
BEN STEINPolitics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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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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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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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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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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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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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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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’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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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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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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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.
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