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People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren.

~Ben Stein

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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.

~Ben Stein

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Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.

~Ben Stein

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We're a lazy, undisciplined generation. I don't exempt myself: I spend way too much, even though I make a good income.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Even Exempt Generation Good Income Lazy Make Much Myself Spend Though Too Too Much Undisciplined Way

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If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

~Ben Stein

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I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.

~Ben Stein

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I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates.

~Ben Stein

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It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The only part that's me is sort of when I'm sitting in the booth looking tormented. That's the only part that's the real me.

~Ben Stein

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I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.

~Ben Stein

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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

~Ben Stein

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: November 25th, 1944

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