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 STEINWhen are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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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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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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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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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
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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.
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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