Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
BEN STEINIf there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
BEN STEINThe 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.
BEN STEINI 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 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.
BEN STEINI 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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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere… There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
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As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
BEN STEINAs to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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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.
BEN STEINI’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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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
BEN STEINEvolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
BEN STEINWhen I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
BEN STEINThe banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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