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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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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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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed. – Ben Stein

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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. – Ben Stein

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