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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich. (Ben Stein)
Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley. View quote
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I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be. View quote
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it. View quote
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I tell you why I don't think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don't think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue. View quote
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative. View quote
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I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates. View quote
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We in the media are just people with all of people's faults. View quote
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I am scared of running out of money. View quote
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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. View quote
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot. (Ben Stein)
You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is. View quote
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The education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money. View quote
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I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid. View quote
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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked. View quote
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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 came from. View quote
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A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed. View quote
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I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools. (Ben Stein)
I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making. View quote
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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. View quote
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