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Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off

Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home. – Ben Stein

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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. – Ben Stein

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If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it. – Ben Stein

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Its amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. – Ben Stein

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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. – Jean de La Fontaine

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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when theres more reason to fear than to hope. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Im always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I dont get too comfortable. – Michael Fassbender

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