What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.


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We need an attitude of defiance, not an attitude of cowardice. Out in the street, that's how we ...
JILL STEIN
Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and ...
BEN STEIN
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like gettin...
BEN STEIN
Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or ...
BEN STEIN
My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of consta...
BEN STEIN
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
BEN STEIN
So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia...
BEN STEIN
We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal right...
BEN STEIN
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. ...
BEN STEIN
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger u...
BEN STEIN
Darwinism doesn't explain where gravity comes from. It doesn't explain where thermodynamics ...
BEN STEIN
Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
BEN STEIN
I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the be...
BEN STEIN
My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over ...
BEN STEIN
I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy...
BEN STEIN
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you wan...
BEN STEIN
Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
BEN STEIN
It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even ...
BEN STEIN
You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, eve...
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.
BEN STEIN