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.
BEN STEINIt means zero to be against greed.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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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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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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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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Science leads you to killing people.
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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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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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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 America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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