“The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.”
— Ben Stein
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“Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.”
— Ben Stein
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“I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.”
— Ben Stein
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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
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“I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.”
— Ben Stein
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“If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.”
— Ben Stein
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“The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.”
— Ben Stein
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“I am scared of running out of money.”
— Ben Stein
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“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”
— Ben Stein
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“Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.”
— Ben Stein
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