Quote by Ben Stein
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make e

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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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the childs tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. Its not funny and its not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isnt the least bit funny. – Ben Stein

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Experience
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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. – Ben Stein

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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. – Ben Stein

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Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. – Ayn Rand

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Speed kills colour… the gyroscope, when turning at full speed, shows up gray. – Paul Morand

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The public school has become the established church of secular society. – Ivan Illich

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. – Yoko Ono

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