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.
BEN STEINPrime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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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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The education system should teach us about money; it’s an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don’t have the first clue of what they should do about money.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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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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For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
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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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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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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 always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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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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