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Ben Stein is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and political commentator, widely recognized for his dry humor and distinctive monotone voice. His breakthrough came with roles in movies and television, most famously as the monotonous teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." He continues to be active in media and public discussions on politics and culture. Here are 126 of his quotes:

Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called 'Legend' by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.

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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.

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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.

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I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.

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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.

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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.

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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.

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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

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The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.

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People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren.

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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

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As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.

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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That's a terrifying situation. That's contrary to the principles of science.

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People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

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It means zero to be against greed.

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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.

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It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

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