When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
BEN STEINThe scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’
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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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No one will do it for you.
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Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
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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 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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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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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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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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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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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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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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I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.
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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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