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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.

Ben Stein

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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Class College Teaching
The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
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Double Real Stand Star Stunt
Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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Done Maps Planning
The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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Allow Harmonize Personality Protect
Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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Interest Occupation Thankless
We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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Faults Media People
If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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Making Money Recessions
We are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day – every single day – we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us.
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Country Dollar Hate
So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don’t know anyone except my wife who isn’t a big time sinner.
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League Media Wife
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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Accomplishment Happiness Inner Peace
My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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Feelings Little Thinking
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.
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Failure Moving Time
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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Consequences Explain Implication Little Species
I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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Lucky Taken
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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Home Inspirational Parenting
It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
BEN STEIN

Better Hope Hopeful Inspirational

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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