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BEN STEINI 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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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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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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No one will do it for you.
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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
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I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
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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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The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
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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.
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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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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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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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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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