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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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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God. – 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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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. – Ben Stein

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The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You cant let anyone – or any society – determine those for you. – Morrie Schwartz

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One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon well need a new definition. – Alvin Toffler

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Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what Ive been good at. – Tom Peters

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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well. – Louis Kronenberger, Company Manners, 1954

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When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it cant be cured. – Anton Chekhov

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