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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Abuse Bit Child Child Abuse Children Crushing Disastrous Experience Funny Good Grades Least Over Parenting Point Pure Screaming Simple Tears

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Dirty Face Fall Flat Get Hands Jump Middle Reach Reach For The Stars Stars Then Things Your

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

~Ben Stein

Topics: Achievement Advancement Fertile Grows Life Personal Personal Relationships Real Real Life Relationships Soil Success Which

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It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Account Accounting After Age Amazing Away Call Even Ever Fraud Get God Man More Really Smart Smart Man Unbelief You

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It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Defeat Defeated Enter Even Finished Human Human Spirit Inevitable Life Most Never Some Spirit Victorious Will

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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.

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Topics: Always Based Basic Been Concerned Darwinism Gave Idea Okay Race Racism Terrible Very

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I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Believe Best Got Grades Made Money Most People Schools Successful Successful People Who

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Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Afternoon Allowed Amazed Better Feel Home How How Much More Much Nap Night Sleep Take Work You

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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

~Ben Stein

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So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Because Begin Fail Get Go Inertia Many Overcome Started

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: November 25th, 1944

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