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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

Ben Stein

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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Animal Breathing Mean
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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Citizens Paradoxical Prove
Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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Alive Complexes Humans
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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Hate Moon Russia
Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
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Fields Men Succeed
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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Citizens Government Hypocrisy
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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Believe Christian Tired
We are not supposed to be all equal. Let’s just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.
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Done Law Rights
It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
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Innocent Manner Million Murder People Theory
People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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Exception People Rich
Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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Compassion Empathy People
Science leads you to killing people.
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Killing People Religion
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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Life Motivational Relationship
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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Dad Father Sleep Smart
I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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Like List Making Sound
The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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Allow Harmonize Personality Protect

If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

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