It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
BEN STEINI’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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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 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 have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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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’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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I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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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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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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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
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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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