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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like b

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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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, Just go to sleep. Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as Ive grown older, Ive realized just how smart Knight was. – Ben Stein

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sad
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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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History
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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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We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. – Abdolkarim Soroush

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My nature just changes. – Jimi Hendrix

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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. – Jules Verne

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People have always wanted to be recognized, and thats human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible. – Diablo Cody

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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repairs with grain of different kinds. – Meriwether Lewis

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But, when we started our product portfolio, we focused the mixed signal requirements first for image processing devices and then in audio applications , targeting our technology into the growing use of digital technology in consumer markets. – David Milne

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The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they werent quite sure if they liked me and they didnt know whether or not that I was sensitive. – Geraldine Ferraro

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