Ben Stein Quotes
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
Ben Stein
Quotes to Explore
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
J. M. Coetzee
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
Yiannis Chryssomallis
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
Mackenzie Crook
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
Dana Ashbrook
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Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
Queen Latifah
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For some reason there's this myth that creativity - especially in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have, or you don't. So when people first start writing, if they write something that's not very good, or if they try and it's difficult, they go, "Oh, I guess I don't have it." That doesn't seem very fair, you have to try and you have to work at it. If we get scared of one bad poem and quit, that's not doing anybody any good.
Sarah Kay
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I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.
Jacques Delors
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
Warren Ellis
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People have different impressions of themselves, and where reality lies is somewhere in between.
Bill Gross
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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she’s not only a mother, she’s not only a sister, she’s not only a wife. But a girl has the – she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
Malala Yousafzai
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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
