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What is the answer? she asked, and when no answer came she laughed and said: Then, what is the question?


Gertrude Stein

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BEN STEIN It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is neve...
BEN STEIN Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the...
BEN STEIN Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child ...
BEN STEIN Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement...
BEN STEIN To provide a welcoming path to citizenship for immigrants and to restore our civil liberties, our fo...
JILL STEIN Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger u...
BEN STEIN A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are...
BEN STEIN If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.
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