Ben Stein Quotes
God bless the devout Christians of this country. They are Israel's best friends on the earth.

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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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My hunger is always there.
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I need instant gratification.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
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My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.
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I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.'
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.
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Music is like a lifeblood - it changes the way I move; it changes the way I feel about myself. The way I walk into the room is different depending on the song I was just listening to.
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Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live.
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The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.
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God bless the devout Christians of this country. They are Israel's best friends on the earth.