Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
BEN STEINPersonal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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We are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day – every single day – we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us.
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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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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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For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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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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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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