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.
BEN STEINThe indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
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I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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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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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
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